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Selling the open-source philosophy - DrupalCon Bogotá 2015
The document discusses the advantages and security of open-source software, emphasizing its quality, reliability, and community support. It addresses common misconceptions about open-source, particularly regarding its security and quality compared to proprietary software, highlighting successful case studies, such as Drupal's adoption by financial services. The presentation advocates for open-source as a means to foster collaboration, innovation, and adherence to social values in software development.
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Selling the open-source philosophy - DrupalCon Bogotá 2015
- 1. Lucas Arruda lucas@ciandt.com @lunascarruda Renato Vasconcellos renato@taller.net.br @revagomes SELLINGTHE OPEN-SOURCE PHILOSOPHY
- 2. Lucas Arruda Software Architect@ CI&T DCO Open-Source enthusiast Acquia Certified Developer Based on Campinas-SP / Brazil Zend Certified Engineer PHP 5.3 Drupaler for 4+ yrs GCP Authorized Trainer & Qualified Dev.
- 3. Handrus Based on Florianópolis-SC/ BR Software Architect / Dev @ Taller Open-Source & Agile ~10 yrs on the road Drupaler for 6 yrs
- 4. Renato Vasconcellos Based onFlorianópolis-SC / BR Software Architect / Dev @ Taller Open-Source and Agile ~8 yrs on the road Drupaler for ~6 yrs
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- 6. ● To harnessthe power of distributed peer-review and transparency. OSI defines Open-Source as a process that promises: ● More quality, reliability, flexibility, better cost control and long-term stability. ● End to predatory vendor lock-in.
- 7. Is that hardto sell Open-Source?
- 8. First we needto refute some myths.
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- 15. Coverity Scan Report forOpen-Source Metric Open-Source Proprietary Source Defect Density* .59 .72 ● Code analysis tool used by Microsoft, SAP, Novell, Symantec, NASA, Konami… ● Analyse C/C++ and Java source *Number of defects for every 1k lines
- 17. Coverity Scan Reportfor Open-Source ● “8 out of 10 people surveyed are choosing Open-Source based on quality.” ● “Open-source code quality surpasses proprietary code quality in C/C++ projects” ● “If software is eating the world, then open-source software is leading the charge,” Zack Samocha, senior director of products for Coverity
- 18. “Nobody owns, no onesupports”
- 21. “Life is nota bed of roses”
- 23. “Open-Source is Insecure” “OpenSource Quality is Low” “Nobody owns, no one supports”
- 24. Is that hardto sell Drupal?
- 25. Security team (43members) Drupal Security Peer review Pareview.sh Automated tests
- 26. Protection against majorflaws: Drupal Security ● Injection ● Cross Site Scripting ● Session Management ● Cross Site Request Forgeries
- 27. Vulnerability Tests (Veracode,Qualys) Drupal Security is-drupal-secure ? Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal Drupal PCI Compliance
- 28. Coding Standards Drupal Quality Peerreview Pareview.sh Automated tests Huge community
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- 30. “You know whena piece of software is mature when it starts being adopted by financial services organizations. ING Financial Services recently moved a number of sites from Oracle Stellent to Drupal. Among these sites are http://ing.us, the main portal for their US market. The driver behind this migration was to move to a platform that was more dynamic and provided faster time to market.” ING using Drupal, Dries Buytaert (http://buytaert.net/ing-using-drupal) ING using Drupal
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- 32. ~30k Modules ~2.1k Themes ~37KDevelopers ~2.5k commits/week 5k Issue Comments/week Get it for Free
- 33. 1,147,066 people in 229countries speaking 180 languages Get it for Free
- 34. “There is amodule for that!”
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- 38. Security & Quality Open-sourcesoftware is secure and quality is set to the higher standards. Market Adoption Huge number of companies are using Drupal to drive their businesses and are having success! Community Tools & Support Many existing resources are available to be reused and both community and companies support them.
- 39. Sold the project...Now What?
- 40. “Come for thesoftware. Stay for the community.”
- 41. 3. Forking 2. ContinuousImprovement Advantages only open- source projects have: 1. Alignment with Social Values (and exposition). 4. Easier to identify qualified skilled labors.
- 42. 7. Great support 6.Faster issue resolutions 5. Create your features! Advantages only open- source projects have: Most of these for FREE!
- 43. All of thatjust depends on one thing: Give back to the community!
- 44. THANKS FOR BEING HERE! Please evaluate thispresentation! bit.ly/evaluate-us
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