IN 2009 HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE GOING FLAT. REALLY FLAT. ABOUT FREE SOFTWARE, FREE HOSTING, FREE METRICS, FREE RESEARCH, FREE TOOLS, FREE ROAMING TRIBES OF PEOPLE AND HOW SOME COMPANIES WILL EVOLVE AND OTHERS WILL PERISH. The World is Flat & presented December 15, 2008 www.wikisocial.org [email_address]

Creative + Agility + Free = “the force” Everything on the internet is free Agility is more than a word or a philosophy Open platforms already run the internet Shipping jobs overseas is one tactic Creativity will beat low cost every time Free + Agility is cheaper than off shoring workers Open Source developers will eventually out perform all paid developers Software companies and hardware companies and service businesses will evolve or perish cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

Everything on the internet is free

Agility is more than a word or a philosophy

Open platforms already run the internet

Shipping jobs overseas is one tactic

Creativity will beat low cost every time

Free + Agility is cheaper than off shoring workers

Open Source developers will eventually out perform all paid developers

Software companies and hardware companies and service businesses will evolve or perish

Everything on the internet is free Google has changed the game iGoogle and open source gadgets platform Google Analytics Google Adwords Google Apps Google Webmaster Tools Google search powers over 65% of all searches on the internet GLOBALLY Open source web platform LAMP powers over 60% of all internet sites (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

Google has changed the game

iGoogle and open source gadgets platform

Google Analytics

Google Adwords

Google Apps

Google Webmaster Tools

Google search powers over 65% of all searches on the internet GLOBALLY

Open source web platform LAMP powers over 60% of all internet sites (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)

Agility is more than a word or a philosophy Many companies talk about agility and sprints and scrum and making things faster, simpler and cheaper But agility is a lot more than a “methodology” Agility is: collaborative team management and communication maximizing velocity and efficiency making businesses lean and profitable empowering people to do their best work Agile development takes commitment and flexibility Businesses will become agile or perish cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

Many companies talk about agility and sprints and scrum and making things faster, simpler and cheaper

But agility is a lot more than a “methodology”

Agility is:

collaborative team management and communication

maximizing velocity and efficiency

making businesses lean and profitable

empowering people to do their best work

Agile development takes commitment and flexibility

Businesses will become agile or perish

Open platforms already run the internet Google Apache (the A in l A mp) Wordpress Widgets, gadgets, plug-ins Open Office, Google Apps Open Mesh, OpenID Open development environments power innovation on the web (flash, adobeAir, javascript, ajax) cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

Google

Apache (the A in l A mp)

Wordpress

Widgets, gadgets, plug-ins

Open Office, Google Apps

Open Mesh, OpenID

Open development environments power innovation on the web (flash, adobeAir, javascript, ajax)

Shipping jobs overseas is one tactic Creativity and passion cannot be outsourced India, China, Brazil, Mexico all have lower cost labor An agile environment can support a team of developers located anywhere in the world Given the choice citizens are going to buy from their own country and support their own tribe Apple creates innovative products Apple is a global company Apple is agile (in support of a visionary, Steve Jobs) cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

Creativity and passion cannot be outsourced

India, China, Brazil, Mexico all have lower cost labor

An agile environment can support a team of developers located anywhere in the world

Given the choice citizens are going to buy from their own country and support their own tribe

Apple creates innovative products

Apple is a global company

Apple is agile (in support of a visionary, Steve Jobs)

Open Source developers will out perform Is built on the passion of the team The open source community is bigger than any platform, language, company, product Has adopted agile tools and processes Given the creative spark even closed platforms (iPhone, iPod and OS X) will foster open communities Open source tribes want to make a difference cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

Is built on the passion of the team

The open source community is bigger than any platform, language, company, product

Has adopted agile tools and processes

Given the creative spark even closed platforms (iPhone, iPod and OS X) will foster open communities

Open source tribes want to make a difference

Businesses will evolve or perish The world is flat The tribe is open source and agile The tribe has a lot of visionaries The tribe is creating more tribes The tools are free The labor is free The tribe wants to change the world cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

The world is flat

The tribe is open source and agile

The tribe has a lot of visionaries

The tribe is creating more tribes

The tools are free

The labor is free

The tribe wants to change the world

The open source tribe will change the world Evolve or perish cc 2008 - 2009 John McElhenney - share and share alike

Evolve or perish