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February 1, 2020
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Open source has the edge

Almost everyone has long been consciously or unconsciously using software with open source components somewhere in their everyday lives. Open source has also already arrived in the German economy.

Larger companies are already consciously relying on open source and the majority of companies have already recognized the advantages of open source. These include, above all, potential cost savings, high security and independence from individual software providers.

Open source software has come a long way and is now at a very mature stage, supporting a wide range of applications. In fact, some areas of the digital world would be unimaginable without open source.

Suse has identified five areas in which open source is the dominant force: cloud-native computing and containers, high-performance computing, databases, web and internet servers and IoT. When it comes to the Internet of Things in particular, open source is clearly ahead when it comes to embedded systems as fundamental building blocks of IoT solutions.

Mario Ester

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