- High level of scrutiny -- the term "Open Source" means that the source code is available for all to see. This results in an extremely high level of scrutiny. Bad code is driven out by good code in this environment, which is not always the case for proprietary, hidden commercial code
- For the love of programming -- the programmers that work on open source projects are very motivated and are doing it because they want to. It's not a job, it's a mission. The result is innovation and a quality work product.
- Widespread adoption -- the high cost of commercial software is a barrier to its use. The low or no cost of open source software results in widespread use, particularly with the "top gun" programmers and up and coming college age programmers. The successful open source projects have a critical mass of users that would be the envy of most commercial software companies.
Historically, open source software has had the most success in the low level infrastructure layer (eg. Linux and Apache web server). Over the past few years, open source projects have moved up the food chain, achieving success in the middle layer of infrastructure. The following is a list of open source solutions that we have found to be highly effective, and that we fully support.
Open Source Solutions
Apache Tomcat -- JSP/Servlet Server
Java Server Pages (JSP) is one of the most widely used technologies for
delivering dynamic web content. The Apache Foundation has developed a
popular implementation of the JSP standard in an open source product
called Tomcat. eApps has used Tomcat with 100% confidence for mission
critical applications.
JBoss
-- J2EE Compliant Java Application Server
A Gartner report estimated that corporate America spent over two
billion dollars on Java application server middleware over a two year
period. Gartner also stated that corporations overspent on this
technology to the tune of one billion dollars. Users of JBoss believe
that a lot more than one billion dollars was wasted, considering that
JBoss can be downloaded for free. The full featured, J2EE compliant
Java application server has been downloaded and is the leading Java
application server used by developers today. JBoss won the prestigious
Java World Editor's Choice award in 2002, beating IBM WebSphere and BEA
WebLogic. eApps offers economical hosting and support services
for this impressive product.
MySQL -- Relational database system
The MySQL database server is the world's most widely used open source
database. Its ingenious software architecture makes it extremely fast
and easy to customize. Extensive reuse of code within the software and
a minimalistic approach to produce functionally rich features have
resulted in a database management system unmatched in speed,
compactness, stability and ease of deployment. The unique separation of
the core server from the table handler makes it possible to run MySQL
under strict transaction control or with ultrafast transactionless disk
access, whichever is most appropriate for the situation.
PostgreSQL -- Relational database
system
Descended from INGRES and POSTGRES, cutting-edge academic database
projects at the University of California at Berkeley, PostgreSQL is a
sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting almost all SQL
constructs, including subselects, transactions, and user-defined types
and functions. It is the most advanced open-source database available
anywhere.
eApps offers and supports many open source solutions, including OpenVPN, OpenLDAP, Subversion, Joomla!, Icecast, Darwin Streaming Media Server, and many more. For a complete list, visit our Hosted Applications page.
Need additional information about these exciting royalty
free, open source solutions? Please contact
the eApps sales team.
