3. Free project management

3.1 Advantages and disadvantages compared with a proprietary project

• There are two main advantages.

  Open source software reduces costs and risks. Indeed, a company that relies on open-source software for its development significantly reduces its costs. It takes an existing version and adapts it to its needs, adding functionalities if necessary (or assembling existing software). This is the case, for example, with EDF, which has released its Code_Aster structural mechanics numerical simulation software, or Aerospatiale...