the real value of open source: roi and beyond
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The slides from my presentation, "The real value of open source: ROI and beyond" from LinuxWochen Austria and Drupal Business Days Vienna 2012. - jam | Jeffrey A. McGuire | Acquia Manager of Community Affairs | [email protected]TRANSCRIPT
The real value of open source:ROI and beyond
@acquia
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuireAcquia Manager of Community [email protected]@horncologne
Who are you?Why are you here?
The real value of open source:ROI and beyond
@acquia
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuireAcquia Manager of Community [email protected]@horncologne
“Open source is an intellectual-property
destroyer… I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the
software business and the intellectual-property
business.”
- Jim Allchin, Microsoft - 2001
“Open source is an intellectual-property
destroyer… I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the
software business and the intellectual-property
business.”
- Jim Allchin, Microsoft - 2001
“Open source is an intellectual-property
destroyer… I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the
software business and the intellectual-property
business.”
- Jim Allchin, Microsoft - 2001
“We don't pick on Microsoft any more, it's
like kicking a puppy."
- Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13825348@N03/2300963596/sizes/z/in/photostream/
What do you need?
•Innovation
•Cost savings
•Risk mitigation
Drupal and Open Source give you:
•Innovation
•Cost savings
•Risk mitigation
$1.100.000.000
Drupal passes the truck test ...
2% of the web17,000+ developers15,000+ modules300,000+ downloads/month1.5M unique visitors/month55 supported languagesFREE
Drupal today
The world’s largest open source projects:
Linux, KDE, Apache, Drupal, Eclipse, Perl+CPAN, Mozilla+Addons, Gnome
Henrik Ingo: http://openlife.cc/blogs/2010/november/how-grow-your-open-source-project-10x-and-revenues-5x
Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat - http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/17/red-hat-ceo-at-linuxcon-i-have-no-idea-whats-next/
“Linux is a transformational technology.
“The technology of Linux empowers advancements and innovations that have nothing to do with the technology of Linux. That is to say ...
“Linux supports the development ofnew business models, as well asnew technologies.”
"In the world of computer software, open source communit ies develop and improve ideas organically, based on concepts and practices that work. Driven by innovation contributed by individuals, open source simply means that a system is available to any who wish to contribute.
It provides the fastest possible rate of improvement for ideas."
One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic.
- Lawrence Lessig, 2012
Use it: for anything, anywhere, foreverStudy it: understand what you are usingModify it: fix it, make it betterShare it: redistribute, sell, give back
Open Source Software: You are free to
Use it: for anything, anywhere, foreverStudy it: understand what you are usingModify it: fix it, make it betterShare it: redistribute, sell, give back
True Value – Open Source
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever ...
... and (sort of) for free.
True Value – Open Source
Free does work ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42934556@N00/245866252/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Hey! It’s free!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/6086350983/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Zero ...
Proprietary
IT CostsPersonnel
HostingBandwidth
Design(Recurring) Licensing fees
Vendor lock-in Data lock-in (buy it back?)
Vendor roadmapVendor release cycle
When it happens
Open Source
IT CostsPersonnelHostingBandwidthDesignNo licensing feesInvest in your teamInvest what/when you need1000s of vendorsYou own your dataYour needsWhen you need itCutting edge
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever Study it: understand what you are using
True Value – Open Source
http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralasian/5329431523/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Transparency ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/nov/08/cesg-open-source-security
What about security?
Thank you:
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever Study it: understand what you are usingModify it: fix it, make it better
True Value – Open Source
Open Source
Collaboration
Community
Innovation
Drupal is innovation ...
“Users generally have a much more accurate and detailed model of their needs than manufacturers have ...”
Eric von Hipple,Democratizing Innovation
Innovation
Use it: for anything, anywhere, foreverStudy it: understand what you are usingModify it: fix it, make it betterShare it: redistribute, sell, give back
True Value – Open Source
Speed via reuse ...
Use it: for anything, anywhere, foreverStudy it: understand what you are usingModify it: fix it, make it betterShare it: redistribute, sell, give back
True Value – Open Source
http://www.flickr.com/photos/popculturegeek/4534090770/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Control your own destiny ...
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Thank you ...Jeff Eaton - LullabotBetsey Emsley, Jeff Walpole - Phase://Robert Douglass,Andrew Melck, Scott Davis - AcquiaAnna Lang, Ivo Radulovski - ProPeople
And thank you!
@acquia
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuireAcquia Manager of Community [email protected]@horncologne
[email protected]@horncologne