E-commerce Solutions / What is Open Source?

The term Open Source applies to software whose source code is made freely available. Rather than building up a base of customers, the most popular open source projects attract a community of users and developers that contribute to the project and provide informal technical support to each other and to new users. The community strongly influences the evolution of the product, including architecture, features, and licensing.

Therefore, it means the team at GetOn.com, utilizing open source software, is able to fully customize not only the look of your store but, also the functionality. We can focus on building your unique Internet commerce solution without the concern of expensive licensing and proprietary software support hassles.

The Benefits of Open Source

Freedom from vendor lock-in - Because the source code is available, users of open source software can avoid the risks inherent in relying on one software vendor that can make unwanted changes to the software, drop support for a particular application, raise prices, or go out of business.
Quality assurance - Thousands of developers and system administrators can find and report bugs to large and diverse team of highly qualified developers contributing to the project. Thus, the software benefits from the close scrutiny and dynamic input of professionals world-wide, while maintaining strict controls on releases, content and versioning. Everyone can be involved in the evolution of the product and its options.
Responsiveness to user needs - Open source software is upgraded more often than commercial software because developers can and readily add and update features in the source code. The project is always moving forward with the combined efforts of thousands of users and developers. All with the same goal - improving a product that they use and enjoy!

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What is Open Source?

The Internet is full of open-source software in heavy commercial use. Some examples include:

Apache

Runs over 50% of the world's web servers.

Perl

The engine behind most of the "live content" on the World Wide Web.

BIND

The software that provides the DNS (domain name service) for the entire Internet.

sendmail

The most important and widely used email transport software on the Internet.

Other Open Source Categories:
	Operating Systems such as LINUX
	Productivity / Office Suites such as Open Office
	Collaboration Tools
	E-Commerce
	Databases such as MySQL and Postgres SQL