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Why the name FLOSS?
FLOSS acronym can be translated into other languages, with for example the "F" representing free (English) or frei (German), and the "L" representing libre (Spanish or French), livre (Portuguese), or libero (Italian), and so on.
FLOSS is also known as ‘FOSS’ ‘OSS’ & Free Software.
What Is Stopping Us?
Awareness of OSS The Politics of Payment The Dynamics of Change in Schools Understanding Software Choice as an Ethical
Consideration Technical Personnel
Web Server
The most popular web server has always been OSS/FS since such data have been collected. For example, Apache is the current #1 web server.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive -- the world’s largest library in terms of the amount of text it retains -- uses an OSS/FS operating system.
Security
FLOSS suppliers are 60% faster than proprietary suppliers at responding to vulnerability reports.
Intel
Intel’s IT Vice President, Doug Busch, reported savings of $200 million by replacing costly Unix servers with cheaper servers running GNU/Linux.
Amazon
Amazon.com was able to cut $17 million in technology expenses in a single quarter, largely due to a switch to Linux.
So why FLOSS?
Choice – By its very nature it is available for all
Reliability – Internet is maintained by FLOSS apps
Security – Allows anyone to check for flaws Fast Deployment – 1000s of volunteers Cost Effective – Free is a hard price to beat Ethical – It is open after all.