Every year InfoWorld painstakingly selects its Bossie Award winners — the best open source software for business — and every year we have shamefully neglected the very cream of the open source crop.

In the intricate landscape of software development, the question of whether open source software provides superior security compared to proprietary alternatives has sparked a longstanding debate. The ...

The European Commission (EC) has opened a ' call for evidence ' (via LWN.net) to inform the "European Open Digital Ecosystem ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Apr 24, 2015, 09:27am EDT Apr 24, 2015, 05:57pm EDT This ...

We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...

Open source enters 2026 as core enterprise infrastructure, with growing pressure around sustainability, governance, funding, ...

We list the best open source CRM solutions to make it simple and easy to manage your customer relationships, without needing a subscription. Given the many different tools that represent the best CRM ...

Governments around the world have found a new rallying cry--"Software libre!"--and Microsoft is working overtime to quell it. A recent global wave of legislation is compelling government agencies, and ...

One of the most persistent myths surrounding Linux and other open source software is that there’s no easy way to get good support. Just this week, for instance, we saw this claim used in Microsoft’s ...

InfoWorld's Open Source Hall of Fame recognizes the 36 most important free open source software projects in history (and today) Every year InfoWorld painstakingly selects its Bossie Award winners — ...