Objectives of knowledge management

 Open- source 
software
Is developed 
collaboratively, 
independent of a vendor, 
by a community of 
software developers and 
users.
Table 3.5
Three advantages and three disadvantages of open- source software
Advantages of open- source software
 Counter- argument
1 
Effectively free to purchase
Cost of migration from existing systems may be high and will 
include costs of disruption and staff training
2 
Lower cost of maintenance since upgrades are free There is not a specific counter- argument for this, but see the 
disadvantages below
3 
Increased flexibility
Organisations with the resources can tailor the code. Frequent 
patches occur through collaborative development