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Open Source Organizationsand Projects

Dr. Matthias Stürmer, /ch/open and Ernst & Young

NATO Advanced Research Workshop „Creating Awareness for Using OpenSource Systems in the Public Sector in Afghanistan“

September 15th – 17th, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan

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Short Bio of Matthias Stürmer

Studied business administration and computer science at University of Bern until 2005, topic of licenciate thesis was open source community building

Finished doctoral dissertation at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation at ETH Zürich in 2009 focused on open source communities and firm involvement

Worked at Swiss software company Liip creating agile Internet solutions based on open source technologies

Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young since 2010 specialised on open source, open government, and social media

Matthias Stürmer is

Member of the board of Swiss Open System User Group /ch/open

Secretary of Parliamentarian Group for Digital Sustainability

Head of working group Office Interoperability of the OSB Aliance

Responsible of www.opensource.ch

Co-founder of open data initiative opendata.ch

Since 2011 member of the city parliament of Bern.

Dr. Matthias StürmerSenior Advisor

Ernst & YoungBelpstrasse 233001 BernSwitzerland

[email protected]: +41 58 286 61 97Mobile: +41 58 289 61 97


Agenda

Open Source Organizations and Projects

1.Four types of open source organizations

2. Some examples of open source organizations

3. Activities of open source competence centers


Four types of open source organizations

A.Single vendor open source projects One company owns copyright, dual licensing possible For example MySQL (owner is Oracle)

User User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright

ContributorContributor



B.Developer community Developing firms and individuals own copyright of open source software For example Apache Foundation or Linux Foundation

User User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright

OwnerOwner



C.User community Software users own copyright of open source software For example Apache Foundation

Owner Owner Owner

OSSProject

Vendor

Copyright

VendorVendor



D.Competence center Intermediary organization that promotes open source software For example /ch/open or Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA)

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

CompetenceCenter

Vendor

Vendor User

User


Overview of open source organizations

Single vendor open source project

Developer community

User community Competence centers

Goals Sell enterprise edition (dual licensing)

Follow business model and/or personal interest

Share development costs, solve user problems

Promote open source in general, coordinate initiatives

Leaders Initiating developing company

Developing companies and individual programmers

Software users Board of directors of the organization

Scope Global Global Global or regional Regional or local

Examples MySQL by Oracle, Openbravo ERP by Openbravo, Magnolia CMS by Magnolia

Linux Foundation, Apache Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, TYPO3 Association

Kuali Foundation for universities, PillarOne for insurance companies,GENIVI for car manufacturers

Open Source Business Alliance, Swiss Open Systems User Group, CENATIC, ADULLACT

Activities Manage open source project

Manage open source project by creating roadmap

Manage open source project by defining common requirements and awarding contracts

Manage initiatives such as awards, directories, lobbying, information platforms, working groups etc.


Agenda


1. Four types of open source organizations

2.Some examples of open source organizations

3. Activities of open source competence centers


Single vendor open source projects

User User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright



Openbravo ERPUser User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright



Magnolia CMSUser User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright



Developer communities

User User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright

OwnerOwner


Linux Foundation www.linuxfoundation.orgUser User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright

OwnerOwner


Mozilla Foundation www.mozilla.orgUser User User

OSSProject

Owner

Copyright

OwnerOwner


User communities

Owner Owner Owner

OSSProject

Vendor

Copyright

VendorVendor


Kuali Foundation www.kuali.orgOwner Owner Owner

OSSProject

Vendor

Copyright

VendorVendor


GENIVI Alliance www.genivi.orgOwner Owner Owner

OSSProject

Vendor

Copyright

VendorVendor


PillarOne Risk Management www.pillarone.orgOwner Owner Owner

OSSProject

Vendor

Copyright

VendorVendor


OpenJustitia www.openjustitia.chOwner Owner Owner

OSSProject

Vendor

Copyright

VendorVendor


HISP www.hisp.orgOwner Owner Owner

OSSProject

Vendor

Copyright

VendorVendor


Competence centers

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

CompetenceCenter

Vendor

Vendor User

User


CENATIC in Spain www.cenatic.es OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

CompetenceCenter

Vendor

Vendor User

User


ADULLACT in France OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

CompetenceCenter

Vendor

Vendor User

User


OSS Watch in UK OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

CompetenceCenter

Vendor

Vendor User

User


Swiss Open Systems User Group OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

OSSProject

CompetenceCenter

Vendor

Vendor User

User


List of open source competence centres

http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/page/oss-competence-centres


Agenda


1. Four types of open source organizations

2. Some examples of open source organizations

3.Activities of open source competence centers


Activities of open source competence centers

Organization of conferences and workshops

Consulting for administrations, businesses

Studies and publications of open source success stories

Coordination of development activities of user communities

Creation of directories of open source firms and credentials

Management of information platforms about open source

Advocacy in government organizations and politics


Coordination of development initiatives

About the project

Project to improve OOXML support in LibreOffice/OpenOffice

Coordination through new Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA) Working Group „Office Interoperability“

Public tender and more information available on OSBA website

SUSE and Lanedo awarded with implementation

Public institutions

City of Freiburg i.B. City of München City of Jena Swiss Federal Court Federal Strategy Unit for IT (ISB) Another Swiss federal agency Canton of Vaud

Work packages within the specification1. Formatting of frames and images in .docx2. Formatting of tables in .docx3. Formatting of lists in .docx4. Formatting of comments in .docx and .xlsx5. Embedding of fonts in OOXML and ODF

http://www.osb-alliance.com/index.php/de/home/5-lisog/622-authorities-publish-specification-for-better-support-of-ooxml-in-libreofficeopenofficeorg-new-qoffice-interoperabilityq-working-group-within-osb-alliance-to-coordinate-implementation


Swiss open source study 2012

Analysis of diffusion of open source: Who uses which open source technologies, why, with which benefit, why not etc.?

By Swiss Open Systems User Group /ch/open and SwissICT

202 participants (firms, instutitions), publication in October 2012 Additionally reports, case studies, best practices etc.

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Regionale Wertschöpfung durch lokale Open Source Anbieter

Attraktiver IT-Arbeitsplatz (Motivation für Mitarbeitende)

Erhöhte Sicherheit (Transparenz des Quellcodes)

Erhöhte Stabilität (breite Testbasis)

Förderung von Innovation und Wettbewerb in der IT-Branche

Einfachere Anpassungen an eigene Bedürfnisse (Zugang zum Quellcode)

Breite Community für Wissensaustausch (Lernmöglichkeiten)

Unabhängigkeit der Lieferanten (Senkung Vendor Lock-In)

Kosteneinsparungen (keine Lizenzkosten, höhere Verhandlungsstärke)

Unterstützung von offenen Standards und Schnittstellen

Wichtigste Vorteile von Open Source

1. Priorität

2. Priorität

3. Priorität

4. Priorität

5. Priorität


Local open source roundtables

Local networking among government agencies and open source companies

Catalog of services and supported open source products

Photograph: Meeting of 11 open source providers in Bern with city IT management department on August 29, 2012


Discussion

Questions, comments, ideas, wishes?

Dr. Matthias StürmerSenior Advisor Ernst & Young

[email protected]: +41 58 286 61 97

Mobile: +41 58 289 61 97

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