day 2 notes here.
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adam jollans ibm- open source software in your business
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– oss is part of a bigger picture: OPEN COMPUTING due to changes in internet
– interlinked: open source, open architecture, open standards
= community innovation
what is oss?
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– licenses approach (access to source code)
– development methodology approach: community approach, meritocracy, peer review
– a community of users, developers and partners: open participation
OSS-keyword: COMMUNITY INNOVATION
e.g.
Apache
Linux
Eclipse
Mozilla
Xen (virtualization hypervisor technology- cambridge)
OSS importance: why did ibm invest so much in it?
– innovation
– good approach to changing open standards
– customer care benefits (flexibility, lower costs)
– can present new business oportunities
customer benefits:
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-choice, flexib
-low acquisition costs
-frictionless access to software
-quality of software
-community innovation
customer challenges:
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-support
-integration (of different oss bits and pieces)
-skills
-maturity
-too many choices
OPEN SOURCE AND PRIVATE SOURCE CONVERGING
– customer pragmatism
– seeking for integrated solutions
ibm strategy concerning open source:
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– fuel (encourages oss initiatives)
– enhance (focus energies, projects)
– contribute (as developers and consumers of oss)
– growth (integrate solutions in business)
