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What is Open Source Software? |
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Two choices, opensource or bespoke.
Open Source software provides an opportunity for people to work on software with others that share the same interest, exchanging ideas, knowledge, and work with one another, to expand and improve the solution. The motivation for working on Open Source software originates at different sources, which include working on the software for fun as a hobby, to make the software meet own requirements, or to bring commercial interest into the software.
It is this combination of motivations that has brought together teams of developers to successfully make what Joomla, Zencart and other leading Open Source software have become today - world class leading website software solutions in their respective fields. Each solution has active and growing community support, with each person having their own unique requirements but ultimately sharing the same goal: to use the software and to make it a better solution for all of us.
It is this very reason why Open Source software is so successful, and most importantly, why it works and why we use it for our customers.
Bespoke software is software solution that has been custom made for a company, because generic software does not have the functionality they need. Bespoke software solutions do have their place but generally fullfill the needs of the very advanced websites and can be quite costly to build.
Today, Open Source software with all of its community created add on modules can normally meet the needs of most website owners without having to commission a bespoke or tailored software solution. Whilst our speciality is in this area, we do have associates that can handle bespoke website projects so please feel free to contact us with your requirements if you feel a bespoke solution may better suit your needs.
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