According to a survey of more than 2,600 open-source software professionals by OpenLogic and the nonprofit Open Source Initiative, 77% of companies reported that they were using more open-source software, while 36% said they were using significantly more open-source tools in 2021.
It appears that most of today's developers rely at least partially on open source. There are a number of reasons open source matters for developers.
Why open source has such an important place among the development community
According to this article by Linda Rosencrance in TeachBeacon, open source software:
- helps speed things up
- facilitates cooperation
- is free
- needs clear ownership and good security measures
Read the whole article in TechBeacon
