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Open Standards and Open SourceKeynote presentation at OASIS

Presenter David Mitchell, Software Practice Leader

Email [email protected]

Direct line +44 20 7551 9194

Date 17th October 2005

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Agenda Introduction

Open Standards

Why do they exist

What types of standards exist

Who participates in the standards process and why

Open Source

Why do open source projects exist

What types of open source project exist

Who participates in open source projects and why

Open Source and Open Standards

Questions on the inter-relationships


Introduction


“The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose

from… the bad thing about standards is that there are so many

to choose from” (apocryphal)

Google “Open standards” = 6.88 million


A Caricature

Open SourceOpen Standards


The Caricature: True or False ? Standards Committee examples

OASIS Web Services Security (TC) Actional Corporation, Adobe Systems Inc, Amber Point, Adobe Systems Inc, BMC

Software, Computer Associates, ContentGuard, Cybertrust, EMC Corporation, Ericsson, Forum Systems Inc, Fujitsu Limited, GeoTrust, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Ltd, IBM, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft Corporation, Neustar Inc, Nokia Corporation, Nortel Networks Limited, Oracle Corporation, Reactivity Inc, RSA Security, SAP AG, Sarvega, SeeBeyond Technology Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Tibco Software Inc, US Dept of the Navy, VeriSign, Wells Fargo & Individuals

General OASIS membership


Who participates in Open Standards


The Caricature: True or False ?

Open Geospatial Consortium members

3e - Technologies International (3eTI), ABACO srl, Advanced Technology Solutions, Inc, AED-SICAD Aktiengesellschaft, Agip KCO NV, Altarum Institute, Applied Innovation Inc, ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH, Asia Air Survey Co. Ltd, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Autodesk Inc, BAE Systems - Electronics & Integrated Solutions (E&IS), Bavarian State Mapping Agency, BBNT Solutions LLC, Bentley Systems Inc, BERIT a.s., BiLGi GIS Geographic Information Systems Co. Ltd., Boeing S&IS Mission Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, BRGM, British Columbia Institute of Technology, British Geological Survey, c-plan ag, cadcorp (Computer Aided Development Corp.) Ltd, California Dept. of Transportation, Cambridge Systematics, Inc, CANRI (Community Access to Natural Resources Information) Program, Carbon Project, CARIS, Carmenta AB, CCLRC (Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils), Centre for Geo-Information; Wageningen University, City and County of San Francisco, City of Nanaimo, City of Phoenix Arizona, City of Toronto, City of Vienna….over 200 other groups

Categories

Associate, Government - local, Government - subnational, Principal, Small Company, Strategic, Technical, University,



Commercial interaction with open source

IPR contribution - but on what basis ?



Revenue generation



Venture Capital involvement


Open Standards


Why do Open Standards exist ?

The fundamental reason for the existence of Open Standards is that they facilitate choice in the market, through encouraging both competition and inter-

operability.


Life without Open Standards ?

Ability to integratesystems

Systemsinter-operability

Vendordevelopment cost

User OPEXcosts - mgmnt

User OPEXcosts - training

User productivity

Vendor swapout ability

Vendor pricepressure

Vendor focus onend-user business

requirements.


Types of Open Standards

De Facto

De Jure

Programming Languages

Data Exchange Formats

Communication Protocols

System

Metadata

Presentation/UI

Software Services

Management & Ops.


Who participates in Open Standards ?


Why participate in Open Standards ?

Vendors

End-Users

OtherProfessions

Academics

1. Ensure design compatibility - semantic2. Industry involvement

1. Input to requirement definition2. Review of specification and implementation

1. Input to requirement definition2. Contribution of expertise

1. Input to requirement definition2. Review of specification and implementation

Level 3Open Source



Why do open source projects exist ?


Why do open source projects exist ?

Programming practice and learning

Demonstration of ability - job application

Functional and technical gaps in market

Improve on an existing OSS project

Provide an alternative to commercial products

Reference implementation of open standards

Commercial motivation


Life without open source

Price pressure oncommercial vendors

Innovation pressure on

commercial vendors

Value pressure on

commercial vendors


Types of Open Source projects - LAMP+1


Types of Open Source projects


Type of Open Source project


Who participates in Open Source ?


What users should do about Open Source?

Avoid thinking it is free - focus on real TCO

Avoid non-open standards products

Analyse real infrastructure dependencies

Architecture vision update

Structured experimentation and evaluation

Analyse where real value is added

Level 3Open Standards and Open Source: Questions



Question

Are open standards important in a closed-source world ?


YES !


Question

Can open source thrive without open standards ?


NO !


Question

Should end-users leave standards activity to the vendors and academics ?


NO !


Question

How do you summarise the relationship between open source and open standards ?


Open Standards

Closed SourceProducts

Open SourceProducts


Q&A

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