| Emr Software | | | | company is restricted in its operations by that |
| Open Source Software (OSS) is software that is | | | | software. |
| available under a special license allowing everyone to | | | | Who Pays for Open Source Development? |
| download it for free and also access the program | | | | The ability to customize software is critical to allow |
| code. This means that anyone is able to edit the | | | | an organization to continue to improve their business |
| program code and therefore customize the software | | | | processes, but how does a company afford to pay |
| for their own needs, and in some cases redistribute | | | | for such customizations? |
| the source code with different version and a | | | | One of the side effects of allowing any user access |
| modified Change Log file. | | | | to the source code is that the cost of acquiring the |
| | | | software in the first instance is massively reduced. In |
| The right to modify applications is in direct contrast | | | | most cases the source code is available for no cost. |
| to the Closed Source Software model. In Closed | | | | This enables the user to divert resources normally |
| Source only the creator of the application has access | | | | allocated to pay software license fees into enhancing |
| to the source code, and therefore, only the creator | | | | the software. |
| is able to modify the application. This limits the | | | | Here are a few facts to convince you that it most |
| customization of software and the bugs cannot be | | | | certainly does work: |
| fixed by common people or people who have | | | | - Around 70% of web sites are served by the Open |
| knowledge of how to change the source code to | | | | Source Apache HTTPD server. |
| meet their needs. As a result, the closed source | | | | - In a 2002 survey it was found over 31% of UK and |
| software does not become as much popular as the | | | | nearly 42% of German companies were using or |
| open source software. | | | | planning to use OSS. |
| Being able to change the way an Open Source | | | | - In 2001, Debian (an Open Source Operating |
| Software application operates is critical in many | | | | System), contained over 55 million lines of code and |
| business environments. No two businesses are | | | | was estimated to have consumed over 14,000 |
| identical and therefore it is unlikely that any one piece | | | | person years in development time. That is a |
| of software will satisfy the needs of all potential | | | | development cost of around 1.89 Billion Dollars (US) |
| users. Without the ability to modify their software a | | | | yet it is still available with no license fees. |