This document provides an overview of key topics related to open source software for executives. It discusses common misconceptions about open source, adoption trends showing increased mainstream usage, and why community is important. The presenter will address opportunities and challenges for open source users, how open source is evolving, and what this means for executives. The document outlines the history and services of the presenter's consulting firm, which helps clients leverage strategic benefits of open source. It also notes trends like open source driving mobile innovation and changing developer mindshare across various platforms and communities.

1. The State of the “Open Source” Union Address

2. State of the IndustryPresentation FocusAddress high level topics related to open source for executives in product, technology, legal, finance and strategyTakeawaysAn understanding of the issues related to open source, enabling rapid and informed decision making by enterprise IT executives

3. What is most important for executives to know about open source

4. Common Misconceptions

5. Adoption Trends

6. Why community is important

7. Opportunities and Challenges for users

8. How Open Source is Evolving and What it means to YouPresenter - Andrew AitkenIn 2001 Mr. Aitken founded Olliance Group and brought together a team of industry veterans to provide management and strategy consulting to companies leveraging open source. In January 2005, Mr. Aitken spearheaded and continues to host the software industry’s only “think tank” on the future of commercial open source, now a bi-annual event held in Napa, CA and Paris, France, and regularly attended by the industry’s leading CEO’s and visionaries. (thinktank.olliancegroup.com) In December, 2010, Black Duck acquired Olliance Group and today Mr. Aitken is GM of Olliance, a Black Duck Company.Mr. Aitken has participated as an expert witness on the issues of open source and e-voting to the California Senate. Andrew has chaired and spoken internationally at multiple industry and government conferences, is on the Board of Advisors of SugarCRM, Actuate, DotNetNuke, and Funambol and has personally worked with companies such as: IBM, Sun, Intel, Nokia, HP, and others, assisting them with developing their open source strategies. Further, in October 2009, Andrew was voted one of the most influential people in open source by a survey of peers conducted by Mindtouch, Inc.

9. HistoryFounded in 2001 - acquired by Black Duck 12/31/2011Mission: To help clients capitalize on the strategic, technological, and financial benefits of open source.The leading open source business and strategy consulting firm.500 projects to date for more than 150 clientsFounder and host of the Open Source Think TankBlack Duck Software – the “multi-source” enablement company, serving more than 850 customers in 22 countries. Black Duck enables enterprises to fully realize the compelling benefits of using FOSS components in development, while mitigating the risks and challenges.4

10. Memory Lane

11. Memory Lane

12. “…what good is open source software; it’s a bunch of social communist crap!”SVP of R&D, Top 5 Consumer Products Company2005

13. The Black Duck Open Source KnowledgeBaseComprehensivedatabase of OSS project informationTens of billions of lines of code475,000 + OSS projects, all versionsOver 5,060 sitesRepresenting 2,000 + unique licenses550+ cryptographic algorithms7.8 billion code “fingerprints”Addresses the “long tail” of OSS projects

14. Advanced search and pattern-matching technologies