open source & open cloud: why license is important

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Open Source & Open Cloud Why License Is Still Important?

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This is the lighting talk I gave at CloudCamp in OSCON 2012

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Open Source & Open CloudWhy License Is Still Important?

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Open Source & Cloud Computing

Open Source Is The Building Block Of Cloud

Licensing Restrictions & Cloud Evolutions. AWS w/o OSS?

Open Source = Innovation

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Open Source Is Not Important

• Architecture is important and license doesn’t matter

• Open Cloud InitiativeOpen Cloud => Open Formats + Open InterfacesAt least one implementation is open source

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My POV: OSS Is Important

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Limitations Of Open Standards

Open Formats and Open Interfaces will empower the users but it cannot regulate the market dynamics

Market has a natural tendency towards Monopoly

Handful of cloud providers

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Competition Is Key

If you don’t want regulations, market should self police

Competition is key for self regulation

Federated Cloud EcoSystem (FCES) Drives Competition

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Role of Open Source

Open Source lowers barrier to entry for service providers

Open Source Wisdom aka Economics of Abundance in play

OpenStack, CloudStack, Eucalyptus, etc.

CloudFoundry, OpenShift, etc.

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My Coordinates

Work: Principal Analyst, Rishidot Research and Editor, CloudAve.comEmail: [email protected]: @krishnanWebsite: www.rishidot.comBlog: www.cloudave.com/author/krishnan/

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