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Why should you use open source software? The fact that its usually free can be an attractive selling point, but thats not the reason most companies choose to use it. Instead, security and quality are the most commonly cited reasons, according to new research.

In fact, a full 72 percent of respondents to the eighth annual Future of Open Source Survey said that they use open source because it provides stronger security than proprietary software does. A full 80 percent reported choosing opensource because of its quality over proprietary alternatives.

Surprisingly, the fact that it's often free is not the main reason most businesses choose open source software.

Sixty-eight percent of respondents said that open source helped improve efficiency and lower costs, while 55 percent also indicated that the software helped create new products and services. A full 50 percent of respondents reported openly contributing to and adopting open source.

Results of the survey, conducted by Black Duck Software and North Bridge Venture Partners, were released Thursday and paint an even rosier picture for open source than did last years results. A record-breaking 1,240 industry influencers took part in this years survey, answering questions about open source trends, opportunities, adoption drivers, community engagement, and the business problems open source solves.

We are witnessing a sea change in the way enterprises organize their infrastructure, throwing out proprietary brands in favor of highly efficient and cost-effective open platforms, said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, which participated in the survey.

I had a chance earlier this week to speak with Lou Shipley, Black Ducks CEO, along with Michael Skok, general partner at North Bridge, about what the results mean for those in SMBs.

Smaller companies are driven by cost, like everybody, Shipley told me. The use of open source lets you drive your costs down. It also helps you to recruit the best employees.

Organizations must understand that its about more than just cost-cutting or any of the traditional reasons to use open source software; its about participating and managing the logistical challenges to gain competitive advantage, attract top talent and influence project direction.

Overall, small firms can have a competitive advantage by standardizing on open source, he said.

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We are living in the Age of Crazy, so when there is a tragedy that takes the life of an innocent, instead of passing laws to make sure that doesn't happen, states are passing laws that ensure it will continue to happen at an accelerated rate.

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Attempts to roll back any of the Florida Stand Your Ground laws most incendiary elements have foundered more than two years after the death of Trayvon Martin. But a bill to expand the law passed Thursday, mere months after it was introduced. The National Rifle Association-backed bill would extend Stand Your Ground-like protections to those who point a gun at an attacker or fire a gun as a self-defense threat or warning, expanding the scope of the discretion judges and juries retain to exempt shooters from criminal charges for gun violence. The final bill also includes a provision to keep Stand Your Ground records secret.

The Threatened Use of Force bill passed the Senate Thursday 32-7, and will become law if signed by Gov. Rick Scott (R). The bill initially gained traction after Republicans exploited the outrage over the 20-year prison sentence for Marissa Alexander, who fired a warning shot during an altercation with her abusive husband. The bill was then dubbed the warning shot bill, because a judge rejected Alexanders move to invoke the law. But opponents were quick to point out that injustice in Alexanders case hinged in large part on a draconian mandatory minimum sentence that required the 20-year prison term, insensitivity to domestic violence, and racial disparities that are already baked into the existing Stand Your Ground law.

Rather than protect those like Alexander, the law is likely to expand immunity for violent conduct in as vague and sweeping a manner as Floridas existing Stand Your Ground law, and could represent the newest mechanism for encouraging even more vigilantism.

A new amendment that made its way into the final bill would also make secret all records from Stand Your Ground cases, meaning that the records would be sealed in cases where charges are later dropped, and those who are granted immunity would have their records expunged. But the law also means that media outlets seeking to document the impact of the law would not have access to any records.

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Here's a typical defense.

Heck your honor, I was just following my God given right to squeeze of a warning shot at a person who I believed was gonna do me some bodily harm, but my aim was off and I killed him. Why'd he wear that dang-blasted hoodie for anyway?

Conservatives can lie with the best of them and to use Marissa Alexander as their poster child is disgusting since she got caught up in nut-job sentencing guidelines.

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The case of an Ono Island man accused of shooting a tourist in an alleged road rage incident is putting the spotlight on Alabamas Stand Your Ground law.

Steve Pinson was charged with first degree assault after police say he shot 44-year-old Damon Hembree on Perdido Beach Boulevard and Hwy 161 in 2012.

Police say Hempree and Pinson got into an argument while driving. After the altercation witnesses say Hembree approached Pinsons vehicle and began yelling and cursing.

Pinsons attorney says his client shot Hembree in self defense and is looking at Alabamas Stand Your Ground law as a possible defense.

There is a presumption that a person is in an occupied dwelling or an occupied vehicle that is in reasonable fear. the magic words, reasonable fear for his personal safety at the hands of another individual is no longer required to retreat any further than where he or she may be and can use force, including deadly force, said Steve Salter.

FOX10 News Reporter Letisha Bush is taking a closer look at the law and will have the latest on FOX10 News at 5 p.m.

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