How Generation Gap Is Realizing In Software Business?
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Announced in the title, generation gap is the conflict between Open Source Software and Proprietary Software. Proprietary software bossed the show in software industry. But now it is stretching itself to the limits to outdo the crisis it is facing largely from the open source software market. So, what’s the odds?
Proprietary software
There are no two ways about it that for the primary business model for closed source software, the producer determines certain constraints and limitations on access to the source code and also on what can be done with the software. It may be noted that copying and redistributing of software can be done easily. FOSS suppliers do this as part of their policy. Taking this as a menace to their money making motive, proprietary software firms sometimes produce an illusion of artificial shortage of the product. This is like black marketers who produce an artificial scarcity of food products during a crisis. In this case of proprietary software the end-user is not actually buying the software, but only get a right to use the software. Consequently it can be clearly evidenced that the source code of closed source software is well thought-out trade secret by the owner.
FOSS (Free and Open Source Software).
FOSS does not limit the use of software as done by closed source software. The providers of FOSS generate income through support services. An example for such a company is Canonical Ltd, which gives its software free of charge but charges for support services. The source code is given along with the pre-compiled binary software for convenience of the user. As a result, the source code can be freely modified. However, there can be some license-based limits on re-distributing the software. Generally, software can be modified and re-distributed for free, as long as credit is given to the original producer of the software. FOSS may also be funded through benefactions. Linux community has effectively utilized this model to provide a number of successful and popular packages. Software like OpenOffice and MySQL has been immensely in the open market and has forced Microsoft to reduce its prices and provide error-free operating systems and solutions.
Windows 7 was distributed at a lower price remembering the competition from FOSS. Windows Vista was not a success, largely due to the fact that its memory hungry interfaces and applications were not popular among the users. To keep up the criticism faced by Windows Vista, Windows 7 was released at a lower price and with better features. The credit for this change can be attributed to the overwhelming popularity of FOSS.
Taking all things into consideration, it can be said that in the coming years, FOSS will play a main role in shaping the software industry and by giving the user the final say. The positive side of this competition is that Proprietary software will improve in quality and will be forced to fix limitations on pricing. This is a good signal for the software sector globally.
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