Open Source as Chance for your Enterprise

What are the advantages of going open source. This talk gives some pro and is meant as an introduction to a discussion.

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1. Open Source as a Chance for your Enterprise Dev.Talk September 2015 Thomas Mentzel
2. Agenda • What should be open source • What happens if you go open source • What is the “return of invest”
3. What should be open source • Isolate components of an app and extract them • Prototypes and “proof of concepts” • Core libraries and “public domain” algorithms • Non-product apps • Bug fixes ⇒ no open source of company confidential work
4. What happens if you go open source • reducing complexity of an app • improving quality and maintainability • get feedback and bug reports • get contributions • faster development cycles ⇒ better products
5. What is the return of invest • contributing bug fixed saves maintenance • save money because of less infrastructure • be more interesting for students and applicants • dual licensing e.g. avoids commercial use • “pull requests” are work hours for free ⇒ save money and time (without investment)
6. Summary • No impact on company confidential work • Better products • Save money • you can get • customer attention • applicant attraction • employee motivation
7. Thank You Time for Questions!
8. OSS Licensing Trends http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/02/05/open-source-software-licensing-trends/
9. OSS Licensing Trends http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/02/05/open-source-software-licensing-trends/
10. OSS Licensing Trends http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/02/05/open-source-software-licensing-trends/
11. 10 Reasons To Use OSS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/10-reasons-to-use-open-so_b_5766718.html
12. #8 Future of OSS Survey https://www.blackducksoftware.com/news/releases/2014-future-open-source-survey-results-revealed
13. #9 Future of OSS Survey https://www.blackducksoftware.com/future-of-open-source
14. Why OSS? Look at the Numbers! http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS)? Look at the Numbers! David A. Wheeler http://www.dwheeler.com/contactme.html Revised as of July 18, 2015 This paper (and its supporting database) provides quantitative data that, in many cases, using open source software / free software (abbreviated as OSS/FS, FLOSS, or FOSS) is a reasonable or even superior approach to using their proprietary competition according to various measures. This paper’s goal is to show that you should consider using OSS/FS when acquiring software. This paper examinespopularity, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and total cost of ownership. It also has sections on non-quantitative issues, unnecessary fears, OSS/FS on the desktop, usage reports, governments and OSS/FS, other sites providing related information, and ends with some conclusions. An appendix gives more background information about OSS/FS. You can view this paper athttp://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html (HTML format). A short presentation (briefing) based on this paper is also available. Palm PDA users may wish to use Plucker to view this longer report. Old archived copies and a list of changes are also available.
15. What’s ahead for open source in government? http://opensource.com/government/13/9/trends-open-source-government-2013