Open Source Software Research Project

Open Source Software Research Project

Research an open source software project. The open source projects are listed below. You are not restricted to the open source projects listed below; you may research one of your own choosing that interests you.

The Internet proved to be a great asset for open source, and many open source projects became successful, including:

• • Open Office (a Microsoft Office look-alike)
• • Firebox (a browser)
• • MySQL (a DBMS)
• • Apache (a Web server)
• • Ubuntu (a Windows-like desktop operating system)
• • Android (a mobile-device operating system)
• • Cassandra (a NoSQL DBMS)
• • Hadoop (a BigData processing system)

In MS PowerPoint, create a presentation with slides that describe the open source software and how it works. Discuss the role this open source software has in management information systems.

Remember, management information systems is the management and use of information systems that help organizations achieve their strategies (page 10 of your textbook).

Your PowerPoint must have a minimum of four slides. Be sure to use the 7X7 rule in PowerPoint: no more than 7 lines per slide and no more than 7 words per line. Use of images, graphics, and diagrams is encouraged. Be sure to include your sources on a references slide in APA format.