a presentation on open source by aidan mcguire director [email protected]
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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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..... Distribution of License
➢ License Must Not BE Specific to a Product➢ License Must Not Restrict Other Software➢ The License Must be technology-neutral
source http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
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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
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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
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Open Source Myths
➢ What are they?
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Open Source in Business
➢Reliability➢Cost➢Control➢Scalable & Multiplatform➢Companies like RedHat / IBM / HP/
Suse
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Applications
➢Apache / SAMBA / Zope / MySQL➢Mission Critical Implementations
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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
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Open Source in Healthcare
➢VISTA➢OpenEHR➢SARS➢NHS“”Papering over the cracks” Paul
Charnley➢ http://www.oshca.org/
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Conclusion
➢ Open Source and Open Standards ➢ Games
➢ Tools➢ Operating System
➢ Middleware➢ Applications➢ Where next?
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Q & A & Discussion
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Thank You