Analysis of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Product in Web Based Client-Server Architecture

Analysis of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Product in Web Based Client-Server Architecture

Pushpa Singh, Narendra Singh
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 9 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 12
ISSN: 1942-3926|EISSN: 1942-3934|EISBN13: 9781522544005|DOI: 10.4018/IJOSSP.2018070103
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Singh, Pushpa, and Narendra Singh. "Analysis of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Product in Web Based Client-Server Architecture." IJOSSP vol.9, no.3 2018: pp.36-47. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOSSP.2018070103

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Singh, P. & Singh, N. (2018). Analysis of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Product in Web Based Client-Server Architecture. International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes (IJOSSP), 9(3), 36-47. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOSSP.2018070103

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Singh, Pushpa, and Narendra Singh. "Analysis of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Product in Web Based Client-Server Architecture," International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes (IJOSSP) 9, no.3: 36-47. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOSSP.2018070103

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Abstract

Free and open source software (FOSS) differs from proprietary software. FOSS facilitates the design of various applications per the user's requirement. Web applications are not exceptional in this way. Web-based applications are mostly based on client server architecture. This article is an analytical study of FOSS products used in web-based client server architecture. This article will provide information about FOSS product such as FireFox (web browser), Apache (web server) and MySQL (RDBMS). These reveal that various FOSS products such as Apache server covers 65% of the market share, while MySQL covers 58.7% market share and hold the top-most rank.

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