Open source software is created by thousands of volunteers around the world who develop and document the software in a peer review environment. By its nature, open source software is pretty well immune to all types of computer viruses and security threats.

Open Source software is 100% free. Imagine you hadn't spent all that money on Windows XP, Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint to name a few. That is money that easily could have been re-invested into other business priorities. The best part of Open Source is you will always have the ability to upgrade to the latest version, without experiencing high costs!

The open source software development process is organized in a professional manner using top-notch open source development tools.

The most common example of open source software is Linux.