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A Presentation on Open Source by Aidan McGuire Director amcguire@bluefountain.com

A Presentation on Open Source by Aidan McGuire Director amcguire@bluefountain.com. 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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A Presentation on Open Source by Aidan McGuire Director amcguire@bluefountain.com

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  1. A Presentation on Open SourcebyAidan McGuireDirectoramcguire@bluefountain.com

  2. 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

  3. ..... Distribution of License • License Must Not BE Specific to a Product • License Must Not Restrict Other Software • The License Must be technology-neutralsource http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

  4. Open Source History • Free Software - Free speech, not free beer • Stallman / Larry Wall / Torvalds / Tim Berners-Lee & 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

  5. Open Source Benefits • Collaboration • Survival of fittest • “Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” Eric Raymond • Reaches the parts others beers cant reach • Public Data & The Peruvian Connection • http://www.aful.org/politique/perou/english/rescon_en.html

  6. Open Source Myths • What are they?

  7. Open Source in Business • Reliability • Cost • Control • Scalable & Multiplatform • Companies like RedHat / IBM / HP/ Suse

  8. Applications • Apache / SAMBA / Zope / MySQL • Mission Critical Implementations

  9. 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

  10. Open Source in Healthcare • VISTA • OpenEHR • SARS • NHS“”Papering over the cracks” Paul Charnley • http://www.oshca.org/

  11. Conclusion • Open Source and Open Standards • Games • Tools • Operating System • Middleware • Applications • Where next?

  12. Q & A & Discussion

  13. Thank You

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