Free Open Source Software
Listed below, you will find the definition of an open source software community and the resources involved. Within the menu I have listed just a few of the many open source communities all producing free software for your organisation to use.
Why not contact me and join these communities up into your organisation and transition you over to a free software solution.
Open Source Communities
Open source software communities comprises of everyone who contributes in creating a software product. This includes software developers who are interested in the product, businesses donating developers to further improve the product because they use it within their organisation, users of the software who want to help it progress and many others who are just passionate about free open source software.
These communities are well organised and the production of each software product has the same structure as its commercial equivalent. Depending on the software itself, there may be a few hundred to many thousands of people all helping to produce a product which is robust, stable, scalable and secure. Generally each community includes -
People who have the big ideas, who make the long-term product decisions.
Software LeadersPeople who make the medium-term decisions on each software component.
Developers/ProgrammersThe people who write the code implementing the functionality of the software.
TestersPeople who test the functionality of the software and identify bugs.
Bug FixersAdditional developers which fix any bugs found by the testers.
DocumentersPeople who write manuals such as user, installation and configuration manuals.
DistributorPeople who package up all the software components into a single usable package for people to download and use.
CommunicatorThe people who tell others how good the software product is and encourage others to use it.