CHAPTER 7Open Source Overview

In This Chapter

• Everyone Can Participate

• It Takes a Village: Open Source Is Collaboration

• Putting the Chromium in Chrome

• Ensuring a Flawless Application

Imagine that you could offer input on the features included in the business software you purchase. Imagine that you could actually define the features you need, find the basic software package you like, and request your custom features to be added, instead of having to make due with software that does almost, but not quite, everything you need, or whose interface you dislike or is difficult to use.

Now, imagine you could have this flexibility and customization for a fraction of the cost of standard proprietary software packages. Sounds like a dream world, ...

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