In the intricate landscape of software development, the question of whether open source software provides superior security compared to proprietary alternatives has sparked a longstanding debate. The ...

Open source is crucial for the longevity and security of software systems. The future of popular databases is firmly rooted in open source. Open source is indispensable for infrastructure software ...

A lot has changed in my computing habits in the past five years. Back at the start of 2021, I was happily using Windows 10 on my device and getting my work done on Word. Fast-forward to today, and I'm ...

John Ellis is the President and Head of Product for Codethink, a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects. Open-source software is publicly available software developed and ...

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 ...

You pay a premium for Photoshop, Windows, and macOS—but they wouldn't exist without free, open-source building blocks ...

In Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, a cynic is described as "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing" while a sentimentalist is "a man who sees an absurd value in ...

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 ...

Two years ago, the joint government-private sector response to the Log4j vulnerability that spawned 800,000 attacks worldwide led to the Enduring Security Framework for federal agencies adopting open ...

InfoWorld’s 2023 Bossie Awards recognize the year’s leading open source tools for software development, data management, analytics, AI, and machine learning. When the leaves fall, the sky turns gray, ...