If you've spent money on a piece of software, and then watched it fail to do the one task you paid money for, open-source ...

Building automation systems (BASs) and open-source software are two areas of interest for me, so I’d like to share some thoughts on how they intersect, at least from the exposure I’ve had to them.

The Apple ecosystem may be designed to provide streamlined experiences, but these open-source apps show there are other ...

Proprietary software is owned by a single entity and protected by copyright laws. It is usually sold for a profit, and its source code is kept confidential, meaning that users are not allowed to ...

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, ...

Open-source software (OSS), by its nature, is sometimes overlooked as part of technology transactions. OSS is often a key aspect of a ...

The development of Web3 is shaping up to be very different from that of Web 2.0. The largest web applications of today are based on closed source software that runs on company-owned servers. However, ...

There's at least one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on in the US Senate: the importance of open-source software. Seriously. As US Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said last week, "Open-source ...

Over the years, the IT landscape has seen truly iconic open-source projects, such as Linux, Mozilla Firefox and GNU Compiler Collection. The open-source market is also forecasted to exceed $32 billion ...

A new open source startup is setting out to help software development teams glean deeper insights from their codebases, using SQL to query all the data sources they use in the software building ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. A question that I get a lot is, “Why would you create an open-source business?” That’s ...

Open source code for commercial software applications is ubiquitous, but so is the risk Your email has been sent It was almost exactly one year ago that experts found ...