"SocrateOpen for the Open Source Community Challenges and Opportunities" by Remus Cazacu @...

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This is a presentation held at eLiberatica 2009. http://www.eliberatica.ro/2009/ One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions. The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.

Transcript of "SocrateOpen for the Open Source Community Challenges and Opportunities" by Remus Cazacu @...

for the communityfor the community

Challenges & OpportunitiesChallenges & Opportunities

Prepared for:Prepared for:

The Story

A business application(ERP&CRM)

Successful(with customers stories)

OpenSource

The Market

USD 30 to 50 billion worldwide

Emerging countries low adoption rates -20 % to 50%

2 digits strong growth projections

The Product

Complete functionality

Platform + application

Model Driven Architecture

Global-ready

The Experience

Business & Technical

+ 20 years

Passionate

150+ Customers

Compiere&

SocrateOpen

Professional Open Source

OpenSource Product+

Professional Services+

Coordinated Innovation

The Community

Existing users+

Consultants+

Developers+

Promoters of open source

Expectations

To give feedback(architecture, code etc.)

To contribute(code, documentation, localization)

To give support

Opportunities

For DevelopersTechnology stack

CMS....

For ConsultantsDocumentation

Integration projects...

What we have now

The product●Standard functionality

● Check the Vbox installation on the site●User Documentation●Source Code

● https:svn.bitsoftware.ro● Contributions only by registration

Support●Google groups●Community site

The Business Model

Catallaxy

●katallasso’ (καταλλάσσω)● to admit in the community● to make friends

Science of Exchange

‘The order brought about by the mutual adjustment of many individual economies in a market’

Friedrich von Hayek

Thank youThank you

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www.socrateopen.orgwww.socrateopen.org