© Blue Fountain Systems Ltd 2003

A Presentation on Open Source by Aidan McGuire Director [email_address]

Open Source Definition Source Code Free Redistribution Integrity of The Author's Source Code Derived Works (`popclient` by Carl Harris) No Discrimination Against Persons or Fields of Endeavour

Source Code

Free Redistribution

Integrity of The Author's Source Code

Derived Works (`popclient` by Carl Harris)

No Discrimination Against Persons or Fields of Endeavour

..... Distribution of License License Must Not BE Specific to a Product License Must Not Restrict Other Software License Must be technology-neutral source http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

License Must Not BE Specific to a Product

License Must Not Restrict Other Software

License Must be technology-neutral source http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

Open Source History Free Software - Free speech, not free beer Stallman / Larry Wall / Torvalds / Tim Berners-Lee & Eric Raymond `Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers` Eric Raymond Free Software and Scientific Discoveries “You can and must understand computers now” Ted Nelson

Free Software - Free speech, not free beer

Stallman / Larry Wall / Torvalds / Tim Berners-Lee & Eric Raymond `Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers` Eric Raymond

Free Software and Scientific Discoveries “You can and must understand computers now” Ted Nelson

Open Source Benefits Collaboration Survival of the fittest `Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow` Eric Raymond Reaches the parts others beers can't reach Public Data & The Peruvian Connection http://www.aful.org/politique/perou/english/rescon_en.html

Collaboration

Survival of the fittest

`Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow` Eric Raymond

Reaches the parts others beers can't reach

Public Data & The Peruvian Connection

http://www.aful.org/politique/perou/english/rescon_en.html

Open Source Myths What are they?

What are they?

Open Source in Business Reliability Cost Control Scalable & Multiplatform

Reliability

Cost

Control

Scalable & Multiplatform

Who is Supporting Open Source IBM RedHat Novel - SuSe HP Sun Microsystems

IBM

RedHat

Novel - SuSe

HP

Sun Microsystems

Server Applications Web Services Apache / Zope Database MySQL / PostgreSQL Firewalls SeaWall VPN's FreeS/WAN Mail Servers Courier Openexchange Server

Web Services

Apache / Zope

Database

MySQL / PostgreSQL

Firewalls

SeaWall

VPN's

FreeS/WAN

Mail Servers

Courier

Openexchange Server

Server Application Demonstration Plone - Content Management

Plone - Content Management

Client Applications Mail Clients Ximian Evolution Browsers Opera / Mozilla / Netscape GNU Office Productivity Open Office

Mail Clients

Ximian Evolution

Browsers

Opera / Mozilla / Netscape

GNU

Office Productivity

Open Office

Client Application Demonstration GNU Desktop and Open Office

GNU Desktop and Open Office

Open Source in Public Sector Canada: Genome Sciences Germany: Dept of Interior USA: NASA / DOD / NSA Norway: Directorate of Public Management UK: County Council's & Police Force & UK Gov Policy Nottingham Council £10 per user per annum

Canada: Genome Sciences

Germany: Dept of Interior

USA: NASA / DOD / NSA

Norway: Directorate of Public Management

UK: County Council's & Police Force & UK Gov Policy

Nottingham Council £10 per user per annum

Open Source in Business Unilever Unilever moving to Linux for Global Operations IBM Linux Spend US$1,000,000,000 Amazon `Amazon.com made news recently with its migration to a Linux-based server system, a move the company revealed in an SEC filing in October. According to the filing, Amazon saved $17 million, cutting costs from $71 million to $54 million`

Unilever

Unilever moving to Linux for Global Operations

IBM

Linux Spend US$1,000,000,000

Amazon

`Amazon.com made news recently with its migration to a Linux-based server system, a move the company revealed in an SEC filing in October. According to the filing, Amazon saved $17 million, cutting costs from $71 million to $54 million`

Open Source and Open Standards Games Tools Operating System Middleware Applications Where next?

Games

Tools

Operating System

Middleware

Applications

Where next?

Questions

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