Open Source software: Background
Most of the internet infrastructure is an open source software. Take for example the Sendmail which is the dominant and commonly used mail transfer system on the internet. And the most widely used implementation of the Internet Domain Name System is BIND, and the most popular Usenet news server is InterNetNews. With this, you should not be surprised that the force associated with open source has corresponded with the swift expansion of the internet. The Web made good collaboration with the programmers more convenient and possible on a larger degree than before, and other projects such as Linux and Apache which have become hugely successful.
01 May 2008 editor