opendj fossa2011
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Presentation about building open source communities, based on the experience of OpenDJ.TRANSCRIPT
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OpenDJ, Life after Sun-set
Ludovic PoitouOpenDJ Community Manager
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- ForgeRock France, Grenoble
- Community Manager, OpenDJ
- Previously, Architect @ Sun Microsystems
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TheTypical Mythical
OpenSource Project
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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- To renew the Sun Directory Server product line (Enterprise LDAP Directory services).
- As Open Source
- In Java to simplify the product and increase performances
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/travel_aficionado/4063236533/in/photostream/
- 20 Developers
- 10 Quality Engineers
- 3 Technical Writers
- 1 Community Manager / Evangelist
- Localized in 6 different languages
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OpenDS Community
- External Contributions in 4 years : 3.
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Then the Sun set!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigwalkowicz/4991429591/
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- 100% Open Source
- CDDL 1.0
- for Code and Tests
- Documentation in Creative Commons
- No Copyright assignment
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- Global Software Vendor
- 100% pure Open Source company
- Specialized in “Identity Management” middleware
- OpenAN
- OpenDJ
- OpenIDM
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- 4 Developers, including tests and docs
- User base slowly switching over
- “Supporters” are increasing
- Already 5 major external contributions, with less than 1 year of existence
http://www.flickr.com/photos/squeaks2569/4185014547/in/set-72157622077561399/The Community
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Challenges
- Rebuilding the “Brand” awareness
- Growing the developers’ community
- Rewriting the whole documentation
- Administration Guide ✓- Maintaining/Updating localized messages
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OpenDJ 2.4.4
- Released Oct 14th
- 5th release in 10 months
- Bug fix release for stability and reliability
- Ready for use in Production
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Ready For Production- Deployed by a Bank in 2 weeks, 3 countries,
12 servers
- Deployed by Media company, 13 Millions users, 6 master servers, up to 200 000 concurrent sessions
- Deployed by Cable Service Provider, 2.2M users, 6 masters in 2 wan separated data-centers
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Conclusion
- There is not a SINGLE way to run open source projects
- Too much resources scares away other developers
- Participation is a reflection of openness
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- @ludomp
- http://ludopoitou.wordpress.com/
- https://plus.google.com/116489828651245331071(gplus.to/ludomp)
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