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Lessons From A German Potato Salad

Atul Chitnis Exocore Consulting Bangalore, India http://www.exocore.com. Lessons From A German Potato Salad. Atul Chitnis. Technology Consultant Director & CTO of Exocore Consulting Appropriate Technologies Columnist and Writer Indian & International Publications http://atulchitnis.net

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Lessons From A German Potato Salad

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  1. Atul ChitnisExocore Consulting Bangalore, India http://www.exocore.com Lessons From A German Potato Salad

  2. Atul Chitnis Technology Consultant Director & CTO of Exocore Consulting Appropriate Technologies Columnist and Writer Indian & International Publications http://atulchitnis.net Linux & Open Source Promoter Since 1994 PCQuest Linux Initiative Linux Bangalore (/2001, /2002, /2003)

  3. What on earth? What does a German Potato Salad have to do with an Open Source conference?

  4. Introducing Open Source

  5. What is Source Code? Lines of instructions to computers Dozens or Millions of Lines of Code You need the Source Code to Modify Features Extend Functionality Commercial Software Companies Intellectual Property Prevent Modification by Customers.

  6. Evolving Software A stone cannot grow It erodes or decays A living organism can grow It can adapt, improve and evolve The same applies to Software Proprietory (closed source) software does not benefit from user involvement Open Source software is improved, adapted and evolved by users.

  7. Open Source Software Software whose source code can be read, redistributed, and modified by programmers. It is distributed under a license that does not restrict freedom, but guarantees it.

  8. Products v/s Process Open Source is a Process, not a product Software created using the Open Source process are products Linux, Mozilla, OpenOffice, Gaim, KDE, Gnome, etc.

  9. Open Source Software (OSS) Advantages

  10. OSS Advantages Lower initial costs Use of open standards No vendor lock-in Multiple support options Ability to audit Rapid response to security issues Enhanced stability More innovation.

  11. Open Source Advantage “Open Source gives the user the benefit of control over the technology the user is investing in”-- Bob Young, Red Hat Software

  12. Open Source Advantage “When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. Users improve it, users adapt it, users fix bugs.”

  13. OSS in a commercial world The Internet is built largely on OSS Apache, Sendmail, Bind.... OSS implementations perform better TCP/IP, Samba, etc. OSS understands proprietory formats Doc, PPT, XLS, etc. OSS applications exist on multiple platforms 32 and 64 bit x86, SPARC, PowerPC, 68K, MIPS, Alpha, StrongARM...

  14. Platforms that run OSS Free Operating Systems Linux FreeBSD and OpenBSD Proprietory Operating Systems Windows Solaris AIX MacOS etc.

  15. Who uses OSS today? Industry Giants Banks & Financial Institutions Trading Houses Government Organizations NGOs Internet Service Providers Individuals.

  16. Why?Computing Issues

  17. Computing Reality Hardware is stable and affordable Often, Software is not Most Computing Issues are Software related.

  18. Computing Issues Increasing computing costs Rapid obsolescence Upgrade Nightmares Bloatware Decreasing performance Support Problems Data Security Internet & INTRAnet.

  19. Organisational Wishlist Rich Feature Sets Sustained Effectiveness Increased Stability Rapid Deployability Remote Management Reduced Capital Costs Reduced Operating Costs Open Standards Better Support.

  20. Why favour Open Source? Technology that fits the budget Not the other way round! Well supported Technology Support is the biggest cost factor! Build on available capabilities! Unix/Linux are part of every technical curriculum.

  21. Migrating to Open Source

  22. What you need to do Try it You cannot learn to ride a bicycle from a book Don't listen to “motivated” vendors Vendors sell products, not solutions Seek support from the OSS Community See for yourself what real support can be like Replace gradually Don't try to do a “Big Bang”.

  23. Quick Steps to get going Install OpenOffice Replaces proprietory office suite for wordprocessing, presentations and spreadsheets Install Mozilla Replaces proprietory web browser andelectronic mail client Install Gaim Replaces proprietory Instant Messengers Install Linux Replaces proprietory Operating System.

  24. Being a part of it Supporting OSS By using products created using the Open Source process, you are supporting it Becoming a part of it By supporting the Open Source process, you become a part of it.

  25. German Potato Salad No one but you knows better how you like it

  26. Thank You! Atul Chitnis atulchitnis@exocore.com http://www.exocore.com http://atulchitnis.net

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