Ernst Publishing Contributes to Open Source Initiative

In New York, ""Ernst Publishing Company"":http://www.ernst.cc/default.asp announced that the firm's technology development team has ""begun leveraging the power and capabilities presented by the communities of Open-Source software.""

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The ""Open Source Initiative"":http://opensource.org/ (OSI) defines open source as ""a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process."" The intention of open source development is to create higher quality, more reliable technology at a lower cost.

According to a release from the company, Ernst is already using open source software in some of its servers. Now, the company is giving back by contributing code to and documentation improvements to other projects.

""The pursuit of constant innovation requires us to develop technology faster and more economically than ever before,"" said Ernst president and CEO Gregory Teal. ""OSI has emerged as the most effective way to meet that mandate. Our new technologies will make it to market faster, our tools will be more affordable and our engineers will have the opportunity to give something back to their communities. Everybody wins.""