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STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
FOSS WILL GET YOU THERE
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THE CONCEPT
FOSS will help you start your business, innovate, and grow.
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THE IDEA
I have this great idea ... but I want to get it out there quick before someone else does...
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SOURCE
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WHY FOSS?
Avoid lock-inCheaper? No.More flexible licensing"More than one way to do it"No need to reinvent the wheel*More eyes = less bugsMore secure
* let the developers do that
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MYTHS
"Open Source copies, it does not innovate"
"Open Source is just for amateur hackers"
"Free = less reliable"
"OSS Projects are not into making money"
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DEBUNKING THE MYTHS
(1) people work harder on stuff they like.(2) the standard office environment is very unproductive.(3) that bottom-up often works better than top-down*
Source: Paul Graham, What Businesses can learn from Open Source
*exceptions : e.g. Apple
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DEBUNKING SOME MORE
Open Source adoption in business up 26% in 2007.*
Large FOSS Projects
MySQLZOPEMozillaeZ Systems
* Source - Open Logic
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BUT REMEMBER...
Open Source Software may cost just as much, if not more, than proprietary software.
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CROWDSOURCING
Crowdsourcing is the new outsourcing.
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GO FURTHER
Let your customers design your projects
See : The Customer is the Company, Inc Magazine 2008
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BUSINESS MODELS
Product ModelServices ModelConsultancyGovernmentNon-IT sector, IT department
Many others....
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BUSINESS SOFTWARE NEEDS
SimpleRapid PrototypingGet's the job doneInteroperableScalabilityReliableSecure
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STRUCTURED INFO
DevelopingVCSLanguagesDev Tools
CommunicationIMEmailDocumentsProject Collaboration
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INFRASTRUCTURE
Server side...
ApachePHPPythonRubyMySQL
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THE S WORDS
The WEB 2.0 Way
Platforms, Toolkits, Frameworks and APIs
=
MASHUPS
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FRAMEWORKS
DjangoRuby on RailsZopeZend
... and many more
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SCRIPT SAVIOURS
JQueryYUIDojoPrototype
...
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SHIFTING DATA
Moving Data+
Giving it context+
UI
... tools are so widespread that they becoming less of the focus.
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NOT THE RIGHT FIT?
Build from scratch....
OR
FIX IT!... file bugs, write patches, devote developer time...
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BEWARE
LicensesForksPassing TrendsOrganisation and Structure - make sure the project is well governed
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OPENING UP
When you open up your code...
Ensure transparencyBuild the infrastructure and community (sites, wiki, bug tracking,mailing lists, code repository...)Developer APIs for your services
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CONCLUSION
Open Source
....ENABLES
....MATTERS
....WORKS
....PAYS
....INSPIRES
....