Open Source Software The Oregon Nickel Tour

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Open Source SoftwareThe Oregon Nickel Tour
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Whats happening?

• OSUs Open Source Lab
• The State
• Industry in Oregon

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Oregon State UniversityOpen Source Lab

• Scott Kveton
• OSU Open Source Lab
• September 20th, 2005

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Open Source ina nutshell
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OrSlides I stole from Scott(with his
permission of course)
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Open Source is More than Just Linux
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By the Numbers

• 25 million unique visitors a day
• Home to Mozilla and Linux Kernel Development
• 420 ROI to University in 2 years
• Donations from Industry
• GOSCON

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OSL Government GOOD

• Why partner with the State?

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Public Sector Program

• Or
• The Three Slides I Did Myself

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How does OSU OSL Help?

• Information Clearing House
• Connects the dots
• Subject matter expert
• CIO Council - enterprise solutions
• State Data Center
• Open Source Applications
• Development Resources
• Development Models
• Business Case Guidance
• Education Outreach
• Government Open Source Conference

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Shameless Promotion

• (but its really interesting)

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• What You Will Gain from Attending
• Hear from and meet Industry Experts on the
  forefront of the industry
• Gain a clearer understanding of what Open Source
  is
• Hear about how Open Source is used today at the
  state and local government level
• Gain exposure to case studies in summary of
  systems and applications in government
• Learn about Intellectual Property and other Legal
  Issues
• Listen to a panel of experts provide diverse
  perspective on public policy
• Participate in interactive sessions with their
  peer organizations
• Network with their peers

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Speakers
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Whats happening in the state?

• CIO Council
• Governance for the Enterprise
• Data Center Consolidation

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Open Technology Industry Cluster Roadmap

• Prepared for the Oregon Economic and Community
  Development Department

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Or Interesting Slides I Stole from Cheryl at
Econ Dev

• (with her permission of course)

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Open Technology is a 100B business
opportunity.Oregon is the epicenter of Open
Technology.
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Oregons 1st Gen Assets

• Intel Linux Leadership
• IBM Linux Leadership
• OSDL 30 Major Tech Multinationals
• Developer Community OSCON
• Oregon State University Open Source Lab

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OSDL Members
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OSS Projects Lead/Hosted Here
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Trends

• SHIFT FROM RIGID, PROPRIETARY TO FLEXIBLE
• All industries have embraced IT as necessary
  business infrastructure
• All industries are shifting from unconnected,
  rigid systems with limited capabilities and high
  costs to flexible, scalable, connected systems
• This need for modular and scalable software is
  driving the cost and the development of software
  in new directions.
• The fastest growing aspect of the computing
  environment is within the area we call Open
  Technology

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Trends

• ALL CONTINENTS,
• ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES
• Linux is deployed across all continents and
  embraced by governments around the world. (IDC)
• Linux is deployed across major industries
  Retail, Government, Telco, Financial services,
  Life Sciences, Oil/gas and energy,
  University/academic.
• Early adoption has given way to mainstream
  adoption for business/enterprise and
  scientific/technical applications.(IDC)
• Linux is changing the world. (IDC)

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Oregon is the Center of Linux/Open Source Centers

• Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)
• Supported by a global consortium of established
  Linux Open Source leaders
• Accelerating the worldwide growth adoption of
  Linux in the Enterprise
• Growing importance of Linux in embedded devices
• Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux, is leading
  Linux development efforts from OSDL.

• Intel
• Linux is a key investment area for Intel.
• Run their Linux strategies from Oregon.
• 16,000 employees in Oregon

• IBM Linux Technology Center (IBM LTC)
• IBMs headquarters for Linux testing
  development
• Strong collaboration with Intel, OSDL, OSU OSL
  OTBC to drive Linux growth

• Open Technology Business Center (OTBC)
• Only center for incubating Open Source start-ups

• Oregon State University Open Source Lab (OSU OSL)
• Largest university-based applied Open Source
  research commercialization lab
• Host, distribute /or mirror gt20 Open Source
  projects including Mozillas Firefox MySQL
  Apache KDE Debian Linux Gentoo Linux Ark
  Linux Ximina Linux Yellow Dog Linux Netwinder
  Linux CPAN Perl libs.
• Home to large, multi-state community source
  projects, e.g., Multi-state transportation app.
  --13 states growing, including the Oregon Dept.
  of Trans. (ODOT)

• Portland State University (PSU)
• Linux Open Source are rapidly permeating the
  Computer Science Dept.s curriculum.

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Linux

• The Oregon Linux subcluster includes
  organizations that work directly on Linux, create
  tools for Linux or provide Linux-related
  services.
• RD
• The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) -
  premiere Linux organization
• IBM works to make Linux stronger
• Intel working to make Linux easier to deploy
• Companies
• Immunix creates a security tool for Linux
• PolyServe clustering storage for Linux
• Axian training, support, migration, integration
• UXComm manages multi-server Linux systems
• Linux Consulting firms about 3 dozen that help
  install and support
• GreenPC infrastructure apps for Linux
• Community
• Free Geek
• Linux User Groups kernal hosting

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Oregons Sub-clusters
IBM INTEL SUN HP
LINUS TORVALDS OSDL
OSU OSL (Mozilla, Apache) PSU Google Summer of
Code Compiere Eclipse
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Actions Recommendations
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Findings

• There is an enormous opportunity in Oregon
• It is part of an International opportunity
• We must move boldly
• We must present a coordinated image
• We must be Open economically and culturally as
  well as technologically

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Recommendation 1
We have assets here that are unsurpassed, yet we
have not asserted the leadership. We have the
resources and less of the urgency. We have to
change that. Oregons Open Technology Leaders

• State should immediately work to develop the
  Open Technology cluster and focus its
  collaborative efforts and this work will be
  ongoing
• Actions
• Cluster Coordinator Funding

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Recommendation 3
We need better-trained people coming out of
higher ed in this state. I cannot get the
graduates with diverse computer science skills,
especially software development. Dan Frye VP
Linux Technology, IBM

• Oregon Universities MUST Teach Linux and Open
  Source Software
• Actions
• Industry/School workgroup

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Recommendation 6
We have a lead in Open Source for government and
there are opportunities for every school,
organization and business that wants to move
quickly, innovatively and collaboratively. Scott
Kveton OSU OSL

• Government Can Accelerate Open Technology
• Actions
• Government pilots
• GOSCON

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Summary

• OSUs Open Source Lab is focal point for
  collaboration and innovation
• Density of commercial open source activity
  strengthens the community and challenges
  education to support training and workforce
• The State has gained a resource to help lead a
  proof of concept for the viability of Open Source
  methodology for enterprise projects.

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Oh, dont forget to register too.

• October 13-14, 2005 in Portland
• www.goscon.com
• (sorry, no beach)

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Thanks!

• Any questions?
• For more info
• Deborah.Bryant_at_oregonstate.edu
• Scott.Kveton_at_oregonstate.edu
• The Lab www.osuosl.org
• The Conference www.goscon.com
• Good definition of terms context
  www.wikipedia.org