open systems, innovation and competitiveness
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The role of open systems for unfettered access to software for developers; the role for innovation and competitivenessTRANSCRIPT
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Open Systems, Innovation, and Competitiveness
International Scientific Conference“Research&Development as the Basis for Innovation in
Creating the Competitive Region“Podgorica, Montenegro, 12—13 Nov. 2010
Dr. rer. nat. Hellmuth BrodaDr. Hellmuth Broda Consulting, Basel
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What Everybody Tells You
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Three Faces of Open
Open Source
= Opportunity
(for developers)
Open Standards
= Competitiveness
(for industry) and Choice
(for users)
Open Systems
= Inter-
operability(for industry)
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Who Benefits?
Open Source=
Opportunity(for developers)
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What is Open Source?
Using Shared Resources to Solve Needs and Create Wealth
• Distribute binaries and source code• Freely modifiable and re-distributable• Non-discriminatory• Consensus driven projects• Meritocracy• Peer review and public discussion• OK to make money - but not for access to code
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Joy's Law
Innovation will happen,and it will happen
Somewhere Else
Bill JoyAspen Institute
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Open Source in a Nutshell
A community of developers• Learning from each other• Sharing a code commons• Protecting the commoms• Creating “wealth” from
the commons• Enriching the commons
in the process
The guild model re-discovered? Using the commons, the young can “stand on the
shoulders of the elders” “Wiki” for software
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But ...Open Source
relies onOpen Systems
(and Open Standards) for
Interoperability
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Who Benefits?
Open Systems=
Interoperability(for industry)
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What Are Open Systems?
Published interfaces enable interoperability Third parties can compete with a different
implementation permit different implementation of identical
functionalities enable some degree of exchangeability can be manufacturer specific use of the interface can require royalty
payments to the manufacturer
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Characteristics of Open Systems
Everything necessary to do the job is defined and published
No need to escape to use proprietary facilities
No undocumented features, no insider tips & tricks
Modules can be exchanged (integrateability)
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Who Benefits?
Open Standards=
Competitiveness(for industry)
and Choice (for users)
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Standards in Other Infrastructure Projects
Railroads have standards for rail gauges Roads need standards to ensure smooth
traffic Ports have standards to ensure smooth flow
of ships Airports have standards to ensure aircrafts
do not crash Even the sewerage system has a plethora
of standards including the size of the manholes
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Open Standards are Open if they:
Are created and modified through open participation in a widely-recognized vendor-neutral industry forum,
Are available to anyone for implementation and use on a royalty free basis, and
Have no intellectual property encumbrances on their use.
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Special Case of Open Standard:
Open Format=
Access(For Posterity)
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The Problem: Permanent Information Loss
Let us learn from the disasters that affected the Library of AlexandriaWhere we lost the knowledge of the world from that time
Fires and other destructions have been reported from 48 BC (Cesar), 275 AD (Aurelian), 391 AD (Theophilus), 642 AD (Muslim conquest) – Source: Wikipedia
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What is OpenDocument Format (ODF)?
Open standard specification for displaying and storing data files
Only available open, vendor-neutral, standardized format for office applications
Can be implemented by any document processing application vendor
Provides access to documents, independent of the applications that created them
Approved by OASIS in May 2005 Approved by ISO for international standardization on May 4,
2006
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An Open Format is OPEN,if it is:
Based on an underlying open standard Developed through a publicly visible,
community driven process Affirmed and maintained by a vendor-
independent standards body Fully documented and publicly available Without proprietary extensions
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SummaryOpen Source, Open Systems, Open
Standards and Open Formats willpave the way to
Digital Sustainability
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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