In May of 2018, IBM released its support for the open-source package management (rpm/yum) ecosystem on IBM i. Since then, the availability and adoption of open source on the platform have been growing at a healthy clip.
This white paper explores the source of this growth and examines why now may be the time to consider bringing open-source solutions to your IBM i platform. In addition, this white paper will provide a review of the advantages of open source, as well as provide an understanding of the open source development and support paradigms.
