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This is mainly because the advantages of open-source software is that it’s free to use – its greatest advantage. As it is developed by a non-profit community, it has some disadvantages as well.<p>Open-source software is free to use, distribute, and modify. It has lower costs, and in most cases this is only a fraction of the cost of their proprietary counterparts.<p>Open-source software is more <a rel="noopener noreferrer"href=https://resources.cloudtweaks.com/learn-to-code/ target=_blank> secured as the code is accessible </a> to everyone. Anyone can fix bugs as they are found, and users do not have to wait for the next release. The fact that is continuously analyzed by a large community produces secure and stable code.<p><img alt="Open Source Software"class="alignnone wp-image-24893"data-sizes="(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px"data-srcset="https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cloud-opensource.jpg 964w, https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cloud-opensource-181x300.jpg 181w, https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cloud-opensource-617x1024.jpg 617w, https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cloud-opensource-768x1275.jpg 768w, https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cloud-opensource-925x1536.jpg 925w"title="Advantages And Disadvantages Of Open Source"data-lazyloaded=1 data-src=https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cloud-opensource.jpg height=1135 loading=lazy src=data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2ODQiIGhlaWdodD0iMTEzNSIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDY4NCAxMTM1Ij48cmVjdCB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxMDAlIiBmaWxsPSIjY2ZkNGRiIi8+PC9zdmc+ width=684><p>Open source is not dependent on the company or author that originally created it. Even if the company fails, the code continues to exist and be developed by its users. Also, it uses open standards accessible to everyone; thus, it does not have the problem of incompatible formats that exist in proprietary software.<p>Lastly, the companies using open-source <a rel="noopener noreferrer"href=https://cloudtweaks.com/2016/10/benefits-licensing-software-service/ target=_blank> software do not have to think about complex licensing </a> models and do not need anti-piracy measures like product activation or serial number.<h2>Disadvantages</h2><p><img alt="open source server comic"class="alignnone wp-image-32080"data-sizes="(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px"data-srcset="https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Krunch.jpg 1178w, https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Krunch-300x279.jpg 300w, https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Krunch-1024x951.jpg 1024w, https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Krunch-768x713.jpg 768w"title="server comic"data-lazyloaded=1 data-src=https://cloudtweaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Krunch.jpg height=422 loading=lazy src=data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI0NTQiIGhlaWdodD0iNDIyIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNDU0IDQyMiI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgZmlsbD0iI2NmZDRkYiIvPjwvc3ZnPg== width=454><p><em> ( <a href=https://comics.cloudtweaks.com> CloudTweaks comics </a> ) </em><p>The main disadvantage of open-source software is not being straightforward to use. Open-source <a rel="noopener noreferrer"href=https://cloudtweaks.com/2020/02/real-time-operating-systems/ target=_blank> operating systems </a> like Linux cannot be learned in a day. They require effort and possibly training from your side before you are able to master them. You may need to hire a trained person to make things easier, but this will incur additional costs.<p>There is a shortage of applications that run both on open source and proprietary software; therefore, switching to an open-source platform involves a compatibility analysis of all the other software used that run on proprietary platforms. In addition, there are many ongoing parallel developments on open source software. This creates confusion on what functionalities are present in which versions.<p>Lastly, many of the latest hardware are incompatible to the open-source platform; so you have to rely on third-party drivers.<h2 align=JUSTIFY>Advantages</h2><p>The decision of adopting open-source software should not be taken just on the basis of the low-cost involved. 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