Most software follows a 3-step process to build from source: ./configure && make && make install. The configure script checks dependencies, while make generates an executable; autoconf/automake help ...

When starting up, many organisations assume they need to invest in expensive software packages as a platform for their services. However, open source software may provide a cost-effective alternative.

How big a deal is open source? According to a January 2024 Harvard Business School study, rebuilding open-source software (OSS) would cost $8.8 trillion if companies had to develop equivalent ...

As the world marvelled at China’s rapid economic transformation at the start of the 21st century, a quiet revolution was brewing in the country’s technology sector. Driven by a strategic vision to ...

Underpinning the digital economy is a deep foundation of open-source software, freely available for anyone to use. The majority of the world’s websites are run using Apache and Nginx, two open-source ...