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Why the Embedded World
needs Open Source Communities
Philippe Krief
Director, Research Relations
Embedded Conference Scandinavia 2018
Stockholm

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1998: IBM Senior Architect
on Java solutions for Embedded Systems
I’m
here!
:-)

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Why would you need
Open Source Communities?

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Story #1: MQTT

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By Simon A. Eugster - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70622928
Invented
by IBM and Arcom
back in 1999

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MQTT Google Trend
The Community
made
the Standard

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Lesson learned #1
Why would you need Open Source
Communities?
Because an Open Source community is
a great vehicle to gain visibility and
recognition

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Story #2: Bosch

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2015: Bosch becomes
Eclipse Strategic Member

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“No company can realize the IoT on its own… Within the
Eclipse Community, through the contribution of many
IoT developers, tools and standards are created on an
open platform that many companies can benefit from
for their IoT applications.”
Stefan Ferber, CEO, Bosch Software Innovations

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Adoption of Open Source practices

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450
IoT platforms in 2018

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https://www.slideshare.net/appstacle/open-source-as-a-business-opportunity

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Lesson learned #2
Why would you need Open Source
Communities?
Because an Open Source community is a
way to become competitive against
bigger fish

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Story #3: Startup “X”

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CEO: a good friend of mine
Startup “X”
https://unsplash.com/photos/dGk-qYBk4OA

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Protect your Team
New Zealand Rugby team, 1884

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Went Open Source
in Apr. 2016
Startup “X”
Goes Open
Source
Failed...

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Lesson learned #3
Why would you need Open Source
Communities?
An Open Source community helps you
protect your assets.
BUT
It does not come for free. You need to
invest time and energy building your
community before you see returns

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How does an OSS community work?
#1 - Be a Good OSS Citizen

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Who is using OSS
in his products ?
80-90%
According to Forrester & Gartner
https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/801412

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Who is a Good
Open Source Citizen?
By JacLou DL, CC0 Creative Commons,
https://pixabay.com/photo-2645966/

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How does
an Open Source community work?
#2 - Adopt good governance rules
and practices

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Transparency
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Andrew Magill – flickr.com

25. 25
Openness
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Chris J. Fry – flickr.com

26. Meritocracy
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Sakeeb Sabakka– flickr.com

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How does
an Open Source community work?
#3 - Support your community

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Publishing is NOT
the Open Source
Silver Bullet

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Meet your Community
● Go to conferences,
● Organise local events,
● Interact with User groups

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Understand your Community
● Use its tools
● Follow its process
● Stay technical
● Straight to the point

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Feed your Community
● Create Getting Started
● Complete Documentation
● Use Social Media

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Train your Community
Organise
● Workshops
● Webinars

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Engage your Community
Organise
● Hackathons
● Challenges / Contests
● Open Calls

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Respect your Community
“Every bug report is a love letter”
Erich Gamma

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Reach other Communities
● Learn from others
● Talk to them
● Invite them

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How does
an Open Source community work?
#4 - Join an OS foundation

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260
350
10
280+
Corporate Members
360+
Projects
1500+
Committers
30
Professional Staff

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A business friendly ecosystem
based on extensible platforms
Infrastructure
Governance
& Process
Community
Development
IP
Management
& Licensing
Open Source Common
Platform
Products Added Value
Compete on
products &
services
Open, Vendor-
neutral,
Collaboration
platform
Collaborate
with your
competitors

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Open Source
applies
everywhere

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Research @
OSS
Data Mining
Robotic
Platform
Standard
Industry 4.0
Standard
GDPR
Dev Tools
IoT
Gateway
Safety
assurance &
Certification
IoT Model based
Interoperability
Automotive
& Smart Mobility

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Open
Collaboration
is a Journey,
not a destination

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Philippe Krief
philippe.krief@eclipse-foundation.org
Community
Thanks!