Presented by: Gordon Haff Presented at the All Things Open 2021 Raleigh, NC, USA Raleigh Convention Center Abstract: Open source software is a pervasive part of modern IT. You know that. But this conversation between Red Hat Senior Manager for Brand and Audience Insights Kelly Andrews and Technology Evangelist and author Gordon Haff will take you deeper. Drawing from Red Hat primary research such as The State of Enterprise Open Source 2021 as well as other reports, we’ll consider topics like the following: - Why are enterprises using open source? - What strategies are IT teams following for their legacy applications? - What do the trend lines look like for open source adoption? - What strategies are businesses following to sell products based on open source? - How are organizations dealing with security? - How is participation in open source changing? Whether you’re using open source software, creating it, or both, you’ll come away with important insights into how you should think about open source in the context of your organization.

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How Open Source is
Eating Software:
Numbers and Trends
Gordon Haff
Emerging Technology
@ghaff
https://bitmason.blogspot.com
October 2021

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Who am I?
● Advocate for emerging technologies
and practices at Red Hat
● Author of How Open Source Ate
Software, etc.
● Former IT industry analyst
● Former big system guy
● Website: http://www.bitmasons.com

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Two types of research

4. Two types of research
Qualitative
Limited sample
Gives directional results
Dynamic discussion
Open-ended and unstructured
Deals with emotion
Exploratory, discovery
Quantitative
Larger sample
Can track results and make forecasts
Structured questionnaire
Mostly closed-ended
Amenable to statistics
Assumes general knowledge of survey space

5. Two types of research
Qualitative
Limited sample
Gives directional results
Dynamic discussion
Open-ended and unstructured
Deals with emotion
Exploratory, discovery
Quantitative
Larger sample
Can track results and make forecasts
Structured questionnaire
Mostly closed-ended
Amenable to statistics
Assumes general knowledge of survey space

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Examples
QUANTITATIVE
Objective data
67% of respondents bought ice cream
today
$COMPANY has a Net Promoter Score
of 87%
Respondents rate this grocery store 4
out of 5, on average
QUALITATIVE
Subjective data
I bought ice cream today because I saw it
on sale near the checkout and felt like a
treat
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend
$COMPANY because they’ve really
supported me well
I like this grocery store overall but they
don’t have a good bread department
and there are a few regular items I have
to buy elsewhere

7. Source: D-Lab: Focus Group Facilities (not Red Hat focus group)

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Sources for this talk
https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-open-so
urce-report/2021
https://www.redhat.com/en/global-tech-ou
tlook-report/2021

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83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community
Note: Data from 2020 State of Enterprise Open Source

10. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

11. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

12. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community
Phases of container adoption

13. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

14. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community
Top 3
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15. @ghaff
Source: Global ITTrends & Priorities Research, August 2019
Digital transformation investments

16. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

17. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

18. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

19. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community
Hmmm?

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83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community
Emerging Technology trajectory
IoT/Edge and AI/ML Enterprise Open Source split ~50:50 with proprietary and growing

21. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community
Note: Data from 2020 State of Enterprise Open Source

22. @ghaff https://bitmason.blogspot.com
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

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