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Submitted By Amey Deshpande PGP27005 Ankita Gulati PGP27008 Hemant Pawaskar PGP27019 Pooja Kalyanker PGP27024 Karan Daaby PGP27026

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What is open source ? What is the future and its growth ? How big threat is it to MS ?

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Open Source
What is open source ? Open sourcerefers to a program or software in which thesource codeis available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge.

Examples of open source soft wares

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Rationale behind open source

The rationale for this movement is that a larger group ofprogrammersnot concerned with proprietary ownership or financial gain will produce a more useful and bug-free product for everyone to use

The concept relies on

1. Peer review to find and eliminatebugsin the program code 2. A process that commercially developed and packagedprogramsdo not employ. 3. Interested software developers that want to work towards the improvement of the software technology 3/4/12

Open Source Initiative (OSI)

Open Source is a certification standard issued by theOpen Source Initiative(OSI) that indicates that the source code of a computer program is made available free of charge to the general public. OSI dictates that in order to be considered "OSI Certified" a product must meet the following criteria: 1. The author or holder of the license of 3/4/12 the source code cannot collect royalties

Benefits of Open Source

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Future of Open Source

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In spite of all features why hasnt open source wiped out MS ? What are the reasons behind MS growth ? What are the strategies MS follow ?

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Microsoft

A history of Windows
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19751981:Microsoftboots up 19821985: IntroducingWindows1.0 19871992:Windows2.02.11More windows, more speed 19901994:Windows3.0WindowsNTGetting the graphics 19952001:Windows95the PC comes of age (and don't forget the Internet) 19982000:Windows98,Windows2000,WindowsMe 3/4/12

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Features of Microsoft

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Advantages of MS over open source

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Pros Good support Ease of usage Availability Compatibility High Switching Costs Simplicity Appearance

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Costly Less freedom in configuration Security Performance

Cons

Apart from the pros and cons less awareness about the open source softwares among the users have helped MS to grow
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Microsoft Recent Strategies

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Some more strategies

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What is the future of computer softwares? Is the war between MS and OS end ? Will MS win this war ?

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Future Software designs

Mixed Models

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Conclusion
The war between OSS and MS has lead to growth of high tech softwares

Also

MS is now looking in to open source development The fight will continue and probably we can see softwares with more versatile architecture in the future

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