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Want to quickly find and fix potential problems across all of the servers in your farm? Then don’t forget to take a look at SharePoint Health Analyzer. SharePoint Health Analyzer is a feature in SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 that allows administrators to schedule regular, automatic checks for potential configuration, performance, and usage problems in the server farm. Any errors that SharePoint Health Analyzer finds are identified in status reports that are made available to farm administrators in Central Administration. Status reports that are produced by SharePoint Health Analyzer explain each issue, list the servers where the problem exists, and outline the steps that an administrator can take to treat the problem. In some cases, errors are repaired automatically as soon as they are found, and farm administrators are informed of the repairs.
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With the closed source model, source code should be hidden from the public and competitors who might reproduce, study or modify the code, may either resell the product, learn from the product or for many reasons. Most software companies that follow the closed source model use it as a way to protect their products from rampant software piracy or misuse, from reverse engineering and duplication, and to maintain its competitive advantage and vendor lock-in. Closed source software usually is developed and maintained by a small team who produce their “product” in a compiled executable state, which is what the market is allowed access to. As an example, Microsoft the owner and developer of Windows and Microsoft Office, and along with other major software companies, have long been proponents of this business model, although their business models have shifted with time. (Source:The Wikipedia)