Free and Open Source | National School of Business Management | FOSS Community NSBM

1. BENEFITS OF USING
FOSS
FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE'S
FOSS COMMUNITY – NSBM | #FOSSTARTER

2. RECAP …
• “Police raid unnamed corporate firm for software piracy “ – sundaytimes.lk
• “Lankan software piracy rate at 84% “ - dailymirror.lk
• “Microsoft Sri Lanka has launched the Genuine Software Initiative” – Microsoft.com

6. AS A DEVELOPING NATION …
• Legal issues with software ( Pirate Usages )
• Paying $119.99 ? What about Other Applications ?
• Security, reliability and stability
• Vendor Independence/ open standards
• Localization

7. FOUR MAJOR FREEDOM PARTS
• Run
• Study how program works
• Redistribute copies
• Modify / improvise
Story of Linux video

8. WHY USE FREE & OPEN SOURCE
• The availability of the source code.
• The right of code modification, improvement and redistribution.
• Large base of developers and users.
• Have an alternative.
• Free marketing and support for your project.

9. • Not tied to a single vendor
• Big community to support
• Better Security
• Reliability & Stability
WHY USE FREE & OPEN SOURCE … 2

10. A LITTLE COMPARE ?
• FULL ACCESS Vs No ACCESS
• Licensing freedom vs. licensing restrictions

11. ADVANTAGES
• Strategic Benefits
• Economic Benefits
• Social Benefits
• other Benefits

12. Strategic Benefits
a) Developing local capacity/industry
b) Reducing imports/conserving foreign exchange
c ) Enhancing national security
d) Reducing copyright infringements
e) Enabling localization

13. -
Microsoft Solution
Software Cost
Software Cost
Norton Antivirus 2002 $2,498
MS Internet Information Server $0
MS Windows 2000 Advanced
Server
$19,995
MS Commerce Server $12,333
MS ISA Standard Server 2000 $1,499
MS SQL Server 2000 $4,999
MS Exchange Standard Server
2000
$1,299
Windows XP Professional $14,950
MS Visual Studio 6.0 $2,237
MS Office Standard $23,950
Adobe Photoshop 6 $1,218
Additional Client Access
Licenses
$2,010
Total $87,988
- FOSS Solution Software Cost
Software Cost
Linux Distribution (eq Red Hat
9.0)
$80
Apache (Web server) $0
Squid (Proxy server) $0
PostgreSQL (Database) $0
iptables (Firewall) $0
Sendmail/Postfix (Mail servers) $0
KDevelop (IDE) $0
GIMP (Graphics) $0
Open Office (Productivity suite) $0
OSCommerce (e-Commerce
suite)
$0
Total $80