PROPRIETY SOFTWARE VS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
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PROPRIETY SOFTWARE VS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
| Propriety software |
Open source software |
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| Definition |
Software that are exclusively property of their developers or publishers, and cannot be copied or distributed without complying with their license agreements. |
Software which can be used, modified and improved by anyone and can be redistibuted freely. |
| Advantages |
-Full support from vendor if anything happened to the software. -The software is guaranteed to be safe from threats like programming bugs and viruses. |
-Source code is available to user. -User can get open source software for free of charge. |
| Disadvantages |
-Source code is not available to user. -User must pay to get the propriety software. |
-No one is responsible to the software. -The software is not guaranteed to be save from threats like programming bugs and viruses. |