MIS 301- Chapter 14
marginal cost/ zero - correct answer ✔Unlike physical products assembled
from raw materials, the ______________ to produce an additional copy of a
software product is effectively _____
Cost of producing one more unit of a product
- Is effectively zero to produce an additional copy of a software product.
open source software (OSS) - correct answer ✔_____________ offerings—
free alternatives where anyone can look at and potentially modify a program's
code—pose a direct challenge to the assets and advantages cultivated by
market leaders.
__________ Software that is free and where anyone can look at and
potentially modify the code
Software as a Service (SaaS) - correct answer ✔one variant of cloud
computing is known as _______________, where users access a vendor's
software over the Internet, usually by simply starting up a Web browser
A form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to a third-party software
and receives a service that is delivered online
_____________ is when a firm subscribes to a third-party software and
receives a service that is delivered online
Linux - correct answer ✔An open source software operating system
, Now morphed and modified into scores of versions by hundreds of
programmers, ____________ can be found just about everywhere, and most
folks credit this as being the most significant product in the OSS arsenal
n00b - correct answer ✔derogatory term for an uninformed or unskilled
person
LAMP - correct answer ✔Acronym for Linux, Apache Web server software,
MySQL database, and Perl/Python/PHP.
-Powers many of the sites visited each day, from Facebook to YouTube.
security- focused - correct answer ✔Term used to describe technology
products that contain particularly strong security features
-Also known as "hardened."
Many OSS vendors offer __________ versions of their products
scalability - correct answer ✔Ability to either handle increasing workloads or
to be easily expanded to manage workload increases. In a software context,
systems that aren't scalable often require significant rewrites or the purchase
or development of entirely new systems
_____________ allows a firm to grow from startup to blue chip without having
to significantly rewrite their code, potentially saving big on software
development costs.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - correct answer ✔An economic measure of
the full cost of owning a product (typically computing hardware and/or
software). This includes direct costs such as purchase price, plus indirect
costs such as training, support, and maintenance
marginal cost/ zero - correct answer ✔Unlike physical products assembled
from raw materials, the ______________ to produce an additional copy of a
software product is effectively _____
Cost of producing one more unit of a product
- Is effectively zero to produce an additional copy of a software product.
open source software (OSS) - correct answer ✔_____________ offerings—
free alternatives where anyone can look at and potentially modify a program's
code—pose a direct challenge to the assets and advantages cultivated by
market leaders.
__________ Software that is free and where anyone can look at and
potentially modify the code
Software as a Service (SaaS) - correct answer ✔one variant of cloud
computing is known as _______________, where users access a vendor's
software over the Internet, usually by simply starting up a Web browser
A form of cloud computing where a firm subscribes to a third-party software
and receives a service that is delivered online
_____________ is when a firm subscribes to a third-party software and
receives a service that is delivered online
Linux - correct answer ✔An open source software operating system
, Now morphed and modified into scores of versions by hundreds of
programmers, ____________ can be found just about everywhere, and most
folks credit this as being the most significant product in the OSS arsenal
n00b - correct answer ✔derogatory term for an uninformed or unskilled
person
LAMP - correct answer ✔Acronym for Linux, Apache Web server software,
MySQL database, and Perl/Python/PHP.
-Powers many of the sites visited each day, from Facebook to YouTube.
security- focused - correct answer ✔Term used to describe technology
products that contain particularly strong security features
-Also known as "hardened."
Many OSS vendors offer __________ versions of their products
scalability - correct answer ✔Ability to either handle increasing workloads or
to be easily expanded to manage workload increases. In a software context,
systems that aren't scalable often require significant rewrites or the purchase
or development of entirely new systems
_____________ allows a firm to grow from startup to blue chip without having
to significantly rewrite their code, potentially saving big on software
development costs.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - correct answer ✔An economic measure of
the full cost of owning a product (typically computing hardware and/or
software). This includes direct costs such as purchase price, plus indirect
costs such as training, support, and maintenance
