{"id":5154,"date":"2015-01-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2014-12-24T07:11:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T15:11:22","slug":"commercial-open-source-better-rankings-for-cost-quality-security-and-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/commercial-open-source-better-rankings-for-cost-quality-security-and-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Open Source: Better Rankings for Cost, Quality, Security and Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open Source is no longer just about getting low-cost or free software.<\/p>\n

Rob Howard<\/a>, Zimbra CTO,\u00a0said that\u00a0<\/a>“open source provides way more benefit than cost savings alone. Open source delivers on quality and control; it empowers IT to make an impact on more than just the bottom line…\u00a0there is significant opportunity for open source also to play a central role in the future of security and privacy… ”<\/p>\n

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Olivier Thierry, Zimbra CTO<\/p><\/div>\n


\n<\/a>Oliv<\/a>ier Thierry, Zimbra CMO, wrote that<\/a> “with a pure open source model, the community is accountable for security; whereas, in a proprietary model, the software vendor is responsible. A third model exists, commercial open source<\/a>, which provides a risk-appropriate blend of incentive-based vendor accountability and community-driven code transparency.”<\/p>\n

A Ponemon\/Zimbra survey<\/a> on Open Source found that IT professionals rank open source software above proprietary software on cost, business continuity, quality and control. \u00a0Specific rankings are as follows:<\/p>\n