jan wildeboer - open source

September 8, 2008 Slide 1

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Jan WildeboerRed Hat


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HistoryEconomicsVision


The Beginning

Why I Must Write GNU

“I consider that the goldenrule requires that if Ilike a program I must shareit with other people who like it. Software sellers want to divide the users and conquer them, make each user agree not to share with others. I refuse to break solidarity with other users in this way.”

The Gnu Manifesto

Richard Stallman, Founder of the Free Software Foundation, 1985

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html


Standards andcontrol

“The decision to make theWeb an open system wasnecessary for it to be universal. You can't propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it.”

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Creator of the World Wide Web, 1998

http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html


The birth of Linux

To: comp.os.minix

“Hello everybody out there using minix I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones....”

Linus Torvalds, August 25, 1991


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Interoperability - Definition

IEEE:... the ability of two or more

systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been

exchanged.

Source:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE Standard Computer Dictionary: A Compilation of IEEE Standard Computer Glossaries. New York, NY: 1990.(iftikahr)


... I propose a better version ...

... the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information using open standards and to use the information that has

been exchanged.


The Broken Way

● The vendor defines the level playing field● Direct Interoperability● NDA, IPR● 1:1 deals,no openness

● Closed market● No verificationpossible bythird party


The Better Way

● The Standard defines the levelplaying field

● Open market

● 1:n relation

● Implementationscan be verifiedby third parties


The Netherlands


Economics

● Open Standards do not care about licensing

● Proprietary and open solutions compete on a level playing field

● Long term Open Source will always win


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Joel's law

5years


... remember


OLPC aka $100 Laptop


The Future?

● People want to share● They will share● Internet will drive more change● The $$$ is in creating and offering the Open Infrastructure

● Old-School value chains will die● New economics != Anarchy● Welcome to the ProSumer Age


Acknowledgements

Credits to

● Lawrence Lessig for this layout● The Communities for OS Solutions● The Patent System ;-)● Microsoft

/me = [email protected]

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