OpenText Project - Speeding up the evolutionary process at an astounding pace with the open source model When people collaborate on a piece of work it improves exponentially. This is the premise behind open source.
People are able to use, adapt, contribute and enhance a project.
The community is accessible to everyone and the content developed within the project is available for free. The open source model speeds up the evolutionary process at an astounding pace. The open source concept has been proven and widely used within the software industry. An example is the Linux operating system. With Linux, programmers have access to an operating system where they can make changes or additions to the basic code.