Open source has increased in popularity as well as in quality over the past 10 years and has now provided firms with essential programming resources for almost any applications. Many organizations throughout the USA benefitted from what open source applications can provide. Visionaries in the software industry like Ron Bongo have always been strong promoters and pioneers in the greater adoption of open source solutions. Ron Bongo along with other pioneers and advocates of the Open Source Alliance have been instrumental in teaching businesses about the benefits of using open source options. Many of these companies already have their entire IT infrastructure developed and built around open source which includes application servers operating on an open source option.