Presentation on Open Source Software in the enterprise given to the Middle Georgia IT users group. 9/24/2009

1. Middle Georgia IT Users Group Contact Information: Rob Betzelrbetzel@infinitynetworks.net Josh Epps jepps@fickling.com Itinerary 6:00-6:10 Welcome/Introduction 6:10-6:40 Presentation/Discussion 6:40-6:50 Upcoming Events/New Business 6:50-Until Open Discussion/Networking

2. What is Open Source Software? What is Free Software?

3. Mike Dodds Owner DoddsTech mdodds@doddstech.com

4. The Godfather of Free Software: Richard M Stallman (rms) Founded the GNU (GNU’s Not Unix) project in 1983 in response to being denied access to source code for an early laser printer driver Founded the Free Software Foundation in 1986 Wrote the General Public License (GPL) v1 in 1989, v2 in 1991 Author of the GNU compiler (gcc), emacs and several more

5. Definition of Free SoftwareRichard Stallman’s “4 freedoms”: Run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0) Study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1) Redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2) Improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3)

6. General definition of open source Bruce Perens created the Open Source Definition, a general definition encompassing most Free software licenses His main agenda is to educate business about open source software, to make a business case rather than a social one

7. Free vs. free Open Source and Free Software are very similar (but not identical) and the definition can usually be interchanged. Free software’s capital “F” is used to denote 2 meanings of free: 1. Free as in free beer 2. Free as in freedom (the ability to use, distribute and modify the software as you wish)

8. Common examples of Free Software Linux Java MediaWiki (i.e. WikiPedia) Apache Asterisk FreeBSD OpenOffice.org Mozilla Firefox Audacity (audio editor)

9. Common Licenses General Public License (GPL) v2 – most popular license Examples using v2 Linux kernel The GNU software suite (gcc etc.) MySQL database Java Asterisk (PBX software) 60+ % of the software on freshmeat and sourceforge

10. Common Licenses General Public License (GPL) v3 Newer, not as popular yet OpenOffice.org v3+

12. Apache Web server

14. Josh Epps Director of Information Technology Fickling & Company www.fickling.com

15. Top Projects

16. Everyone Loves Statistics “85% of enterprises have already adopted open source” -Gartner “45% of those enterprises are using open source in mission critical applications” -Forrester

17. Why Now? Economic Factors Availability Dissolving Obstacles Intellectual Property Disputes Maturity Security

18. Projects Catching Attention Message Routing and Management(ESB) JSP Server Data Integration

19. Projects Catching Attention Application Integration Middleware Aggregator Projects

20. Who’s Using Open Source Universities Government Small Enterprise Large Enterprise

21. Success Stories Organization: Continental Airlines Open Source Project: Jitterbit Uses: integrating data on network bandwidth, server function, and traffic databases

22. Success Stories Organization: State of Oregon Open Source Project: GroundWork Uses: Consolidate and reduce network monitoring systems

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