[Openmind 2012] Open Systems and Solutions – there are diffrent values in it by Ilkka Lehtinen (Managing Director, COSS)

Openmind 2012 / Open Knowledge Festival 2012
http://okfestival.org/open-source-software/

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1. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! Welcome to Openmind 2012
2. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! COSS ry National coordinator for business ecosystem and network Est.2003
3. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! • COSS (the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions) is a national development agency for open source business ecosystem in Finland • One of the oldest OS centers in Europe - est 2003 • Non-profit organization, privately funded by 100+ members, independent association COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i What COSS is?
4. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! What COSS does? • Promotes open source solutions, services and providers • Maintains active and vital business network • Creates co-operation between business and research • Creates co-operation between business and communities • Supports and promotes open APIs, open standards and open data Open source -savings, quality Open API -interoperability Open Data -productivity Open standards -independecy
5. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! FLOSS • Free software • 4 simple freedoms, does not say a word about money • So even your copy of Angry Birds was free, it is not free software • Open Source Software • 10 point definition, does not say a word about money • So your free copy of Acrobat Reader is not open source • • FLOSS – Free/Libre Open-Source Software OSS Free Software
6. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! Main organisational user types for open source systems •Developers • Companies who are developing their own solution or application for usually global market and using open source as their business model Open Source as a Business Model – what? It's free..... • There are quite many different ways how to make money with open source in traditional software market too... for developers it is usually using Open Source as marketing tool • Community edition is free and open – enterprice license is not
7. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! Main organisational user types for open source systems •Integrators • Companies who are developing solutions or services for usually local market and using open source as their starting point • For example Ixonos Oyj, Arcusys Oy and Proactum Oy here in Finland who are developing solutions for their local clients based on global Open Source systems – like Liferay as an example
8. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! Main organisational user types for open source systems •End user organisations • Companies who are developing their own solutions for their internal usage • Google and Facebook for example
9. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! General values of open source solutions Savings - longer lifespan of hardware - license costs (purchase & maint) Productivity - competitive market of skills & people Quality - by nature, open for validation - open development model Independency - immaterial rights of system - no vendor lock-in - standards Social effects - free tools for citizens - equal education for kids Green values - longer lifespan means also energy efficient systems → 15-25% lifecycle savings
10. COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! COSS – the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions w w w . c o s s . f i JOIN NOW! COSS in social media facebook.com/cossfi twitter.com/cossfi coss.fi Icons by Lenka Melčáková (License: CC-BY-ND)