Open Source Trend to change?

Assoc.Prof. Dr. Thanachart NumnondaDirectorSoftware Park (Thailand)1 October 2010

Next Major Computing Cycle

Source: Morgan Stanley 2009

Source: Morgan Stanley 2010

SmartPhones

Tablets

New Trends

Web 2.0 Web as a Platform OS/Device independence Large scale computing Software as a Service Cloud Computing Open Source

Past :Open Source

LinuxNational OS

By 2012, open-source software's impact on applicat ion software will grow to $19 billion,

with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 44%.

Gartner [Nov 26 2008](ht tp:/ / www.gartner.com/ DisplayDocument?id=817618)

Present :Open Source

Desktop SoftwareInfrastructure Software

What makes open source software attractive?

Lower costs Superior security Freedom of vendor lock-in Better quality software Access to code libraries Rapid pace of innovation Freedom of DIY (Do it yourself)

Open Source Infrastructure : LAMP

Linux Apache MySQL PHP

Example : Web Servers

Facebook : Infrastructure

60,000 servers Using open source software The site is written primarily in the PHP programming language and uses a MySQL database. One of the largest MySQL database clusters anywhere

Google : Infrastructure

450,000 servers running customized versions of Linux. Google Web Server BigTable

Wikipedia : Infrastructure

Wikipedia depends on MediaWiki, a custom-made, free and open source wiki software clusters of Linux servers (mainly Ubuntu) web servers running the Apache HTTP Server Database using MySQL

Open Source Desktop

Browser OpenOffice.org Thunderbird

Browser Comparison Chart

Source : http://dailyshite.com/

OpenOffice.org

Originally the German company, Star Office OpenOffice.org 3.2; ODF format Oracle Open Office The Document Foundation and LibreOffice

Future :Open Source

Ubiquity on the Cloud

Cloud Computing : SaaS

Cloud Computing : PaaS

Open Source Business Model

Service and Support Installation Training Customization Warranty Sell Distribution

Summary of Change

Proprietary software --> Open Source software Perpetual licensing --> Subscription based support Install on Premise --> Software as a Service Focus on Technology --> Focus on Business

Thank you

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