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Why open source software and open standards are crucial to the future of software development

Dynatrace

Open source software has become a key standard for developing modern applications. From common coding libraries to orchestrating container-based computing, organizations now rely on open source software—and the open standards that define them—for essential functions throughout their software stack.

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Open Source Software Security: Is Open Source Software Safe?

Percona

Even though open source software is firmly in the mainstream, used widely by businesses, governments, and everyone who owns a cell phone or computer, the question repeatedly arises: “Is open source software safe?” Is open source software as stable as other software? Our bar is higher than that.

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Why open source software and open standards are crucial to the future of software development

Dynatrace

Open source software has become a key standard for developing modern applications. From common coding libraries to orchestrating container-based computing, organizations now rely on open source software—and the open standards that define them—for essential functions throughout their software stack.

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Why open source software and open standards are crucial to the future of software development

Dynatrace

Open source software has become a key standard for developing modern applications. From common coding libraries to orchestrating container-based computing, organizations now rely on open source software—and the open standards that define them—for essential functions throughout their software stack.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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Application vulnerabilities: Important lessons from the OWASP top 10 about application security risks

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Vulnerable and outdated components This is another broad category that covers libraries, frameworks, and open source components with known vulnerabilities that may not have been patched. Identification and authentication failures Unauthorized users can access a system because of weak security or session management functions.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For March 22nd, 2019

High Scalability

Hell, many of these providers are just providing open source API compatibility with custom-built backends! What happens when no new open source comes out of the smaller companies, and the big-3 decide they don't really need or want to play nice anymore? We achieve 5.5 matthewstoller : I just looked at Netflix’s 10K.

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