Open Source

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has gained widespread acceptance in recent years, in all areas of computing. Academia and government organizations have always been huge supporters of FOSS, and many enterprises are finally starting to realize what they've been missing. Many FOSS products have quietly been running the internet for decades, or have been hiding in university data centers and research labs, quietly growing into enterprise-grade software.

Free and Open Source Software works because many, many people, all around the world, work hard to make it work. The programmers, writers, and artists who contribute to FOSS often work in their spare time, for no compensation. For more on the motivation behind Free and Open Source Software, see this excellent article at linux.com.

Many people have strong feelings about FOSS, both for and against it. At Digirati Consulting, we are strong proponents of the Open Source movement, and work diligently to share its benefits with all of our clients. To learn more about the philosophy of FOSS, see the Open Source Initiative, especially the Open Source Definition.

One of the primary strengths of FOSS is the ability to customize it to fit the needs of our clients, instead of forcing clients to adapt to some Big Company's idea about how they should work. Another is that hundreds, in some cases thousands, of people have examined the code, fixing bugs, improving efficiency and security, and enhancing functionality.

We have compiled a list of some of the FOSS products that we use in our work, with links to the project websites. All of this software is free.