Purpose:

This was done for my IT 103 Class at GMU. Hopefully this will demonstrate why we should use open source software.

Introduction:

Who would want to pay for software when they can get it for free? No, my paper is not about software piracy or how to pirate software. The ever popular software Microsoft Office for example costs $150.00 at amazon.com compare to open source OpenOffice.org which anyone can get for a price of free! The free, fully featured, open source, OpenOffice.org suite does the same basic things as Microsoft Office Suite. So what is open source software? Open source software is software in which the source code is available freely to the public for redistribution, examination, modification or any other purposes. My goal in this paper is to point out the advantages and disadvantages of open source software and why open source software is today's revolution.