Microsoft recently called open source software (OSS) the “industry-accepted model for enterprise collaboration.” Experts believe that open source is likely the future for continuous, improved innovation.
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OSS is software whose source code can be viewed and modified by the public or is otherwise open to the public. Microsoft's shift from initial opposition to OSS in 2001 to active promotion of the model shows where the software industry is headed, and that open source will be a big part of it.
“I think [open source] is a really good trend, and I think companies are increasingly recognizing the importance and utility of open source,” Heikki Nousiainen, chief technology officer at Aiven, told Lifewire in a phone interview. “They see the value of open source as the foundation of modern information processing.”
OSS allows programmers to improve software by finding and fixing bugs in the code, updating the software to work with new technology, and creating new features.
