Presentation at #DIGITEC16 conference session on Open Source Software (#OSS) for European Institutions about economic and political value of Open Source / Free Software for Europe (https://europa.eu/digitec/speaker/georggreve).

1. Open Source:
The future for European institutions
Georg C. F. Greve
29/11/2016

2. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
My perspective

3. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Swiss Business, European Team

4. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Collaboration Solution

5. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Kolab Timeline

6. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
What is Open Source?

7. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
An economic perspective

8. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Open Ecosystems of Innovation are the future
Ecosystems of innovation are the future.

9. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Incremental innovation is not enough… ...and sometimes dangerous.Incremental innovation is not enough...
...and can become dangerous.

10. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Monoculture

11. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Looking for alternatives…

12. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Open Innovation Ecosystem

13. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
Political Questions

14. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
“...without a joint programme of development and
production, Europe would be left trailing in the wake of
the Americans, who dominated the industry – and
looked set to consolidate their supremacy. European
firms would become little more than sub-contractors
to American manufacturers. Hundreds of thousands of
jobs could be at risk and European (economy) would be
dependent on the United States.”
(edited for length & anonymity)
Guess what?

15. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
The Result?

16. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels
It’s time to work together.

17. Open Source: the future for the European institutions
A sovereign future in ecosystems of innovation
DIGITEC 2016 - Brussels

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