Experts believe that open source is likely the future for continued improved innovation.

OSS is software for which the source code is viewable and changeable by the public or otherwise open.

“They see the value of open source as the foundation of modern information processing.”

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“It gives businesses agility without having to invest a lot of time.”

Companies are working together more frequently, and the amount of cross-industry work were able to accomplish is accelerating.

“Being able to fix and improve upon what others have done is really important,” he said.

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Nousiainen said there is often a lack of structure around the adoption of these tools.

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