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The first reason many companies begin looking at Open-Source software is simple: Price, and the Return On Investment (ROI) of the Open-Source model has been clearly demonstrated.

Open-source software can be Downloaded, Installed and Operated free of charge. In its early days, this low cost made it a tempting option for developers interested in trying new tools or building new applications but without the budget to do so.

This freedom led many developers to start contributing to the Open-Source movement, resulting in such industrial-grade software as the Linux operating system, Apache Web server, JBoss Java application server and Eclipse development environment—among thousands of other projects.

Especially during the heavy growth of the Internet, Open Source let companies quickly ramp up their online operations without the need to constantly buy new licenses for commercial software. This scalability also lent itself to development and test environments, reducing the cost to simply try new things without the added drag of commercial software pricing getting in the way.