10 Reasons Why Open Source Projects Are Taking Over The World!

Since the advent of Google's Android operating system, open source software and applications have gained immense popularity, even amongst regular users. More people are joining into the efforts every day, making open source more and more reliable and feature rich.

Here are the reasons why the revolution is happening.

1. Quality

The quality of open source projects has improved over the years. While earlier these projects used to be lacking in many areas as compared to other proprietary projects, this is no longer true. Open Source projects, software, programs and applications have come up in a big way, especially in the past year. Android has led the rise of open source, bringing more and more projects to the mainstream.

2. Feature set

Another area where many open source projects were found wanting was in providing the appropriate features. But with things like Android, Valve's Steam OS and Steam Machines and many other projects have delivered features that are well beyond what their proprietary alternatives can give.

3. Security

The open sourceness of a project is in itself a step towards security. With so many developers, programmers and coders looking at a particular code, vulnerabilities are spotted more easily. Moreover, the more minds that are working on the project, better are the ideas.

4. Faster innovation

Taking from the last point, when more people are looking at a project, it brings more creativity and innovation into a project. Moreover, open source projects are often created in order to replace a proprietary project. In order to do so, they have to go a step forward and add more to their application.

5. Scalability

Unlike many proprietary software, open source projects are mostly focused on being scalable, rather than catering to a particular market segment. For example, Android can work on tablets, smartphones and even PCs, making it a one stop solution for three kinds of devices.

6. Customisation

When the creator of an application brings open source's their project, it increases the scope for customisation. Often, savvy users taking a look at the code, make their own additions to the program and turn it into something completely different.

7. Collaboration

Enterprise users often need the same product, but with little variation in order to suit their business needs. In such cases, the customer has the choice to either buy a proprietary software and adjust to it or choose an open source alternative that is just as good and can be customised to suit your needs.

8. Standards

The standards in open source are set by organisations like the Apache Foundation, Linux Foundation and other organisations. This means that the standards are set by the industry itself, which knows what is good for it and what works.

9. Cutting-edge

Have you seen the features that Android brought? Cutting edge features and technology are the trademarks of open source software.

10. Cost

Open source software costs less and are most often available for free.  



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