The Open Source Business

Why and how to use Open Source in your business.

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1. the open source
   BUSINESS
   freeing your business, as in beer
   

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2. who the hell
   is this guy?
   i swear i’ll go super fast...
   

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3. scott chacon
   

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4. github
   SOCIAL CODING
   CIO
   

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5. @chacon
   

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6. github : first class
   october 2008
   

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7. 58
   souls
   

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8. open source
   &
   busine$$
   

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11. business
    advantages
    

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12. business
    advantages
    

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13. you should
    use open source libraries
    open source company code
    use open source to find developers
    learn from the open source model
    

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14. use libraries
    

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15. reinventing
    the wheel
    

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18. > 1,100,000 original projects
    >> Repository.count(:conditions =>
    { :parent_id => nil, :public => 1 })
    => 1169692
    

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19. advantages
    better code
    faster development
    community
    

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20. contribute
    back
    

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21. $ date
    Mon Jan 13 10:26:39 EDT 2012
    $ git clone git://github.com/test-org/test-proj
    Cloning into test-proj...
    $ cd test-proj/
    $ vim README
    $ git commit -am 'made it better'
    [master dbeb245] made it better
    1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
    $ (fork it on github)
    $ git remote add mine git@github.com:schacon/test-proj.git
    $ git push mine master:feature_name
    ...
    To git@github.com:schacon/test-proj.git
    9457e38..dbeb245 master -> feature_name
    $ date
    Mon Jan 13 10:27:49 EDT 2012
    

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22. $ date
    Mon Jan 13 10:26:39 EDT 2012
    $ git clone git://github.com/test-org/test-proj
    Cloning into test-proj...
    $ cd test-proj/
    $ vim README
    $ git commit -am 'made it better'
    [master dbeb245] made it better
    1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
    $ (fork it on github)
    $ git remote add mine git@github.com:schacon/test-proj.git
    $ git push mine master:feature_name
    ...
    To git@github.com:schacon/test-proj.git
    9457e38..dbeb245 master -> feature_name
    $ date
    Mon Jan 13 10:27:49 EDT 2012
    clone
    improve
    fork
    push
    pull request
    

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23. $ date
    Mon Jan 13 10:26:39 EDT 2012
    $ git clone git://github.com/test-org/test-proj
    Cloning into test-proj...
    $ cd test-proj/
    $ vim README
    $ git commit -am 'made it better'
    [master dbeb245] made it better
    1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
    $ (fork it on github)
    $ git remote add mine git@github.com:schacon/test-proj.git
    $ git push mine master:feature_name
    ...
    To git@github.com:schacon/test-proj.git
    9457e38..dbeb245 master -> feature_name
    $ date
    Mon Jan 13 10:27:49 EDT 2012
    

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24. one minute
    

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25. share your
    code
    

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26. if it does not
    exist, and it is
    general, OS it
    

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27. software
    commodity
    ecosystem
    

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28. fungible
    

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29. fungible
    gas, not cars
    

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31. efficiency
    

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32. community
    

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33. github
    grit
    bert / ernie
    resque
    proxymachine
    cijoe
    janky
    linguist
    github-services
    jekyll
    markup
    albino
    progit
    

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34. github
    grit
    bert / ernie
    resque
    proxymachine
    cijoe
    janky
    linguist
    github-services
    jekyll
    markup
    albino
    progit
    

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35. github-services
    

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36. linguist
    

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37. linguist
    

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38. @stats = {
    :commits => 120,
    :lines => 2554,
    :authors => 52,
    :percent => 36%
    }
    github-services
    

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39. @stats = {
    :commits => 273,
    :lines => 3367,
    :authors => 59,
    :percent => 52%
    }
    jekyll
    

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40. @stats = {
    :commits => 127,
    :lines => 3273,
    :authors => 46,
    :percent => 18%
    }
    resque
    

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41. free work
    

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42. recruit
    

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43. ABC
    

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44. ABC
    always be committing
    

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45. open source
    development
    

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46. open source
    team
    

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47. company
    team
    

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48. ?
    

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49. what do you
    want from
    your team?
    

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50. innovation
    speed
    agility
    creativity
    collaboration
    communication
    

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51. 8-5, M-F work day
    cubicles
    hierarchy
    interruptions
    compartmentalization
    10 days vacation
    

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52. high school,
    not university?
    

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53. github
    the
    magical tale
    of
    

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54. no office hours
    no dev meetings
    no vacations
    no assignments
    no managers
    free beer
    

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55. MVP
    

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56. M
    V
    P
    inimum
    iable
    roduct
    

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57. M
    V
    P
    inimum
    iable
    rocess
    

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58. what do we have?
    

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59. great pay
    great health care
    free gym membership
    whatever hardware you want
    kindle + amazon money
    iphone + plan
    side projects
    

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60. unlimited conferences
    

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61. drinkups
    

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62. drinkups
    Argentina
    Australia
    Belgium
    Brazil
    Canada
    Chile
    China
    Colombia
    Czech
    Republic
    Denmark
    England
    Finland
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Ireland
    Israel
    Italy
    Japan
    New Zealand
    Norway
    Poland
    Russia
    Scotland
    Spain
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    Taiwan
    Uruguay
    

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64. classes (spanish, arduino)
    

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65. free beer
    

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66. executive lounge
    

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67. side projects
    

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68. campfire:hubot
    the friendly neighborhood campfire robot
    

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69. holman/play
    

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73. talks.githubapp.com
    

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76. DEAL WITH IT
    

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77. DEAL WITH IT
    

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78. hey hippie,
    don’t your employees just
    sit around smoking pot and
    giggling all day, then?
    

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79. last year
    400 pull requests (~1 per day)
    last month
    80 pull requests (~3 per day)
    

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80. deploys per month
    

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81. 1740 total deploys
    9 deploys per
    work day
    

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82. 3h / 6500h
    

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83. user growth
    

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84. we’re getting
    stuff done
    

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85. precedent
    

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86. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    

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87. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%
    

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88. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%
    

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89. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%
    

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90. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%
    

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91. University of Manchester
    Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
    10%
    

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92. twitter week
    

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93. atlassian 20%
    

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94. google 20%
    

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95. github 100%
    

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97. intrinsic / extrinsic
    motivation
    

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98. autonomy
    mastery
    purpose
    

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99. Theory X
    Theory Y
    

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100. are trustworthy?
     seek responsibility and accountability?
     seek meaning in their work?
     naturally want to learn?
     don’t resist change but they resist being changed?
     prefer work to being idle?
     Do you believe that developers:
     

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101. are trustworthy?
     seek responsibility and accountability?
     seek meaning in their work?
     naturally want to learn?
     don’t resist change but they resist being changed?
     prefer work to being idle?
     Do you believe that developers:
     

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104. autonomy
     mastery
     purpose
     

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105. autonomy
     mastery
     purpose
     

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106. autonomy
     team culture
     pay well
     

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107. autonomy
     mastery
     purpose
     

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108. work
     something you have to do
     

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109. work
     the tool that helps you
     achieve your full potential
     something you have to do
     

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110. no office hours
     no dev meetings
     no vacations
     no assignments
     no managers
     free beer
     

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111. ?
     

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112. summary
     

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113. use open source libraries
     open source company code
     use open source to find developers
     learn from the open source model
     you should
     

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114. thanks
     

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115. scott chacon
     @chacon
     speakerdeck.com/schacon
     

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