The Open Source model is a radical driver of sustainable development and is popular because of the strong sense of community, collaboration and transparency it instills in its developer base.
Many businesses in this modern era are building their web, mobile and cloud solutions on open source infrastructures. Closed source SaaS companies are joining in the open source effort by offering community versions of their software. There is no doubt that such cohesive efforts are important to seed the ecosystem and encourage collaborative innovation.
What many businesses may not be prepared for is the dark side of open source— when things go wrong overnight, when you least expect them to. In fact, what might be keeping many executives up at night is the constant worry about whether their business data is secure and if their teams have implemented the appropriate safeguarding mechanisms.
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