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A Presentation on Open Source

by

Aidan McGuireDirector

amcguire@bluefountain.com

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Open Source Definition

➢ Source Code➢ Free Redistribution➢ Integrity of The Author's Source Code➢ Derived Works

(`popclient` by Carl Harris)➢ No Discrimination Against Persons or Fields of

Endeavour

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..... Distribution of License

➢ License Must Not BE Specific to a Product➢ License Must Not Restrict Other Software➢ License Must be technology-neutral

source http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

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Open Source History

➢ Free Software - Free speech, not free beer

➢ Stallman / Larry Wall / Torvalds / Tim Berners-Lee & Eric Raymond

`Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers` Eric Raymond

➢ Free Software and Scientific Discoveries“You can and must understand computers now” Ted Nelson

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Open Source Benefits

➢ Collaboration➢ Survival of the fittest➢ `Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are

shallow` Eric Raymond➢ Reaches the parts others beers can't

reach➢ Public Data & The Peruvian Connection

➢ http://www.aful.org/politique/perou/english/rescon_en.html

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Open Source Myths

➢ What are they?

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Open Source in Business

➢ Reliability➢ Cost➢ Control➢ Scalable & Multiplatform

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Who is Supporting Open Source

➢ IBM➢ RedHat➢ Novel - SuSe➢ HP➢ Sun Microsystems

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Server Applications

➢ Web Services➢ Apache / Zope

➢ Database➢ MySQL / PostgreSQL

➢ Firewalls➢ SeaWall

➢ VPN's➢ FreeS/WAN

➢ Mail Servers➢ Courier➢ Openexchange Server

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Server Application Demonstration

➢ Plone - Content Management

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Client Applications

➢ Mail Clients➢ Ximian Evolution

➢ Browsers➢ Opera / Mozilla / Netscape

➢ GNU➢ Office Productivity

➢ Open Office

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Client Application Demonstration

➢ GNU Desktop and Open Office

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Open Source in Public Sector

➢ Canada: Genome Sciences➢ Germany: Dept of Interior➢ USA: NASA / DOD / NSA➢ Norway: Directorate of Public

Management➢ UK: County Council's & Police Force &

UK Gov Policy➢ Nottingham Council £10 per user

per annum

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Open Source in Business

➢ Unilever➢ Unilever moving to Linux for Global

Operations➢ IBM

➢ Linux Spend US$1,000,000,000➢ Amazon

➢ `Amazon.com made news recently with its migration to a Linux-based server system, a move the company revealed in an SEC filing in October. According to the filing, Amazon saved $17 million, cutting costs from $71 million to $54 million`

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Open Source and Open Standards

➢ Games ➢ Tools

➢ Operating System➢ Middleware

➢ Applications➢ Where next?

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Questions

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Thank You