Open source doesn't automatically translate into better paid support for customers. But it does offer a lot more options and aligns customers with vendors more tightly. Matt Asay is a veteran ...

Open-source software powers the majority of today’s businesses. An estimated 70% to 90% of modern software solutions use a code base made up of open-source components, according to 2022 data from the ...

With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sheridan Libraries' OSPO launches an initiative to coordinate and support ...

More than three-quarters of organizations increased their use of open-source software during the past year as the popularity of DevOps tooling, data technologies and AI/ML tooling grows. A survey of ...

Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Of all of the virtues that backers of open-source software tout, widespread availability of enterprise-level support is not among them. In fact, a lack of support has been a drawback ...