Open Source Problem Solving

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Open Source Problem Solving

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Open Source Software

Daisy LaFlamme

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Open Source Adopton

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Open source software is better for society than proprietary closed source software OS Software Smart Phone Software

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Why Consider it? (Strengths)

•Army of free labor (community of users, and feedback)•. Better project quality

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Better project quality

Internet Explorer vs Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Konqueror.

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Sell service, not a productService costs vs. Service AND product.

Product is given away, so income must come from selling services.

Types of services:1. tech help / education2. updates

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Examples of Successful OS projects

FIREFOX APACHE

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Examples of Successful OS projects

MEDIA WIKI MySQL

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EXAMPLESNASA is utilizing OSS to cut

costs and ensure higher quality

Nokia N900, Samsung

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Electric vehicle with an OLED tail-gate

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Sources Nasa: http://www.nasa.gov/open/plan/open-source-

development.html

Oled car: http://www.reghardware.com/2009/03/04/edag_demos_lcos_at_gene

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