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Is a lot of pre-existing open source software available?

April 26, 2017open source pre-existing Software

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Is a lot of pre-existing open source software available?

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Yes. Widely-used programs include the Apache web server, Firefox web browser, Linux kernel, and many other programs. Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribution estimates that the Fedora 9 Linux distribution, which contains over 5,000 software packages, represents about $10.8 billion of development effort.