Not all open source software is equal. What are the key differences, and how do CIOs and CDOs decide what use?
We are living in an open-source world. A recent report shows that 84% of APAC enterprises surveyed found open source to be important to their enterprise infrastructure software strategy.
However, with a variety of licenses directing the use of open source software (e.g. GNU General Public License (GPL), Business Source License (BSL), Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) etc.), it is clear that not all software created under open source are the same.
How can CIOs and CDOs approach a decision on which open source software to use? DigiconAsia gathered some insights from Marc Linster, Chief Technology Officer of EDB, an enterprise-class database software that extends PostgreSQL, which is an open-source database management system (OSDBMS).