This document discusses how open source software can help organizations do more with less during difficult economic times. It outlines some of the key benefits of open source like cost savings, innovation, adaptability and security. While open source preserves intellectual property and reduces vendor lock-in, organizations still need to consider costs of integration and support. The document advocates using open source for mission critical applications where it makes economic sense. Many governments and large companies are already adopting open source strategies. Open source powers much of the internet, web 2.0 and enterprise applications today.

1. Change with
Open Source
Dr.Thanachart Numnonda
Business Development Director
Software LOB
Sun Microsystems (Thailand) 1

2. Global Economy is in Trouble
Can Open Source Help?
Do more with less.....
Ever increasing need for new services
while needing to maintain existing
apps
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4. Open Source software
• Cost saving
• Innovation
• Adaptability
• Stability
• Security
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5. Preserving Intellectual Property
Open Source Closed Source
Gain
Quality (from community)
Innovations
Transparency
Drain
High License Costs
Extensibility
Complex productivity tools
Pay at point of value
Vendor Lock In
Vendor derived innovations
Vendor derived extenstions
PAY AT START
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6. Application Infrastructure
In the Modern Enterprise
Mission Critical Applications
Importance/Complexity
Mid-Tier
Applications
Low-end
Applications
Corporate Departmental
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7. Application Infrastructure
In the Modern Enterprise
CIO
Importance/Complexity
Attention
Open
Source
Corporate Departmental
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8. License Price Aggression
License Solution
Importance/Complexity
License Creep
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$
$
Corporate Departmental
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9. Application Infrastructure
The More Cost-Effective Solution
Allow “Supported”
Importance/Complexity
Open Source
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$
$
Corporate Departmental
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10. Leading Communities
In Open Source
MySQL Tomcat GlassFish Liferay
...
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11. Open Source Landscape
• Production-quality Open Source
equivalents exist for almost all
proprietary software, also in the
enterprise.
> Internet Explorer -> Mozilla Firefox
> Microsoft Office -> OpenOffice.org
> Outlook -> Thunderbird
> Windows -> OpenSolaris, GNU/Linux Apache Web Server Market Share
> Proprietary app server -> GlassFish, Tomcat, (source: Netcraft)
Apache Web server
> Proprietary Web app framework -> Struts,
Echo2, Tapestry, Spring MVC many more
> Database -> MySQL
> Visual Studio -> NetBeans, Eclipse
> Proprietary CRM -> Sugar CRM 11

12. National IT Strategies Based on
Open Source
• Many governments have a stated
preference for using open source
already
> China, Belgium, Iceland, Israel, Malaysia,
Portugal, South Africa and Germany
• Some governments have even
proposed legislation mandating the
use of open source
> Brazil, Argentina, Finland, Italy and France
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13. Open Source is Here to Stay!
Used Nearly Everywhere! Used for Nearly Everything!
Internet
Fortune 500
Government
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14. Leading Communities
Assembled Loosely Together...
But what about:
• Is it
MySQL really less expensive?
Tomcat GlassFish Liferay
• Costs to integration raw open source?
• Supportability and maintainability?...
• Enhanced functionality and
productivity?
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17. Web / Web 2.0 OEM / ISV's
On Demand, SaaS, Hosting Telecommunications Enterprise 2.0
Open-source is powering the Web
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18. Facebook
www.facebook.com
Application Key Business Benefit
● Facebook is a social networking site • MySQL has enabled Facebook to grow
that connects people with friends to 70 million users.
and others who work, study and live
around them.
Why MySQL?
● “We are one of the largest MySQL
web sites in production. MySQL has
been a revolution for young
entrepreneurs.”
Owen Van Natta
Chief Operating Officer
Facebook
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19. MySQL Community
• MySQL Database ;Sun Microsystems
• InnoDB Storage Engine; Oracle
• MySQL 5.1.38 + InnoDB plugin; Google
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20. Thank You.
thanachart.numnonda@sun.com
www.facebook.com/thanachart
twitter.com/thanachart
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