Open Source Analytics

Abstract

In every software category, free and open source software is a growing pres- ence. In this chapter, we address the following questions: • What is free and open source software? • How can free and open source software make business sense? • What are the leading free and open source software projects for analytics? The most obvious attribute of free and open source software is something it lacks: software licensing fees. We will show, in this chapter, that free and open source software is viable, and that it is disrupting incumbents in the analytic software industry.