open source software and beyond
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Keynote presentation delivered by Miles Berry at 'Open for Education' (www.openforeducation.org) on the 20th May, 2011TRANSCRIPT
Open Source software and beyond
Miles BerryRoehampton University
Open Source Schools
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Free (as in speech)
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Free to run the program
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Free to study how the program works
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Free to redistribute the program
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Free to improve the program
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Use in Schools
Infrastructure
Web based applications
Open Source and Windows
Open SourceOperating Systems
Thin Clients
Portable Kit
Lessons Learnt
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Participate in the Community
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Empower your techies
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Reliability and Innovation
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Freedom and Control
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Make the savings visible
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Sustainability
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Start small then scale up
Being Open
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Some of the Barriers• Too much money!
• Managed Services
• Risk aversion
• Perception
• Network managers
• Compatibility
Beyond the software…
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