Treffer: 5 stars of open-source products.

This article focuses on several open-source software applications used by government information technology (IT) managers. The Apache Web server is used by almost 50 million Web sites around the world as their foundation, according to Internet services provider Netcraft. The Web server is said to be fast, customizable and reliable. JBoss, a Java-compliant application server, provides an essential back-end component of IT infrastructures. The Naval Air System Command has been running JBoss for the publication of Web sites for the Aviation Data Management and Control System program for aircraft carriers. The MySQL open-source database management program has more that 5 million users worldwide and is valued for its flexibility and speed benefit. The OpenOffice suite provides a set of office productivity programs that brings open-source advantages to a software market dominated by Microsoft. INSETS: Four more contenders;Dollars sealed the deal.