Presentation: OSS and OSS Ecosystem

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Open Source and Open Source Ecosystem

Presented by
Tazrian Khan
Founder, BDOSDN
Senior Applications Engineer, IT, Banglalink

Saturday July 21, 2007

Seminar organized by
BDOSDN and IT Bangla Ltd.
Dhaka, Bangladesh

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What is Open Source Software (OSS)?
- Source code is free/available
- Source code can be modified and improve
- Source code can be distributed

OSS code is free which relates to freedom, but NOT free of cost


Open Source Ecosystem















Where does Open Source Software Come From?
- Enterprises are large contributors
  - Employ individual developers
  - Contribute code
  - Participate in consortia
- Vendors are also deeply involved
  - Use OSS as a competitive weapon
  - Collaborate with OSS projects to lower costs
  - Offer OSS as an entry-level product for other products
  - Participate in consortia to share development costs and build standards

A misconception that OSS software comes solely from hobbyists working in their spare time


Open Source and Bangladesh – Why?
- Bridge technological divide
- Cost minimization
- Customization and localization
- OSS is a viable alternative to pirated software
- Contribute in producer side
- ICT4D


Open Source for Users – Why?
- Reliability, Performance, etc.
- License relief
- Platform flexibility
- Cheap
- Source code control, support resources, customization, leverage


Myths about Open Source
- Open source is free
- No quality control in free software
- No product direction
- No support/ lack of support
- No business opportunities


Open Source Software Repositories
- Kernel.org
- SourceForge.net
- Freshmeat.net


Internet and Open Source
- The Internet as a development environment
- capturing spare cycles
- massively parallel development
- The Internet as a Marketing/Distribution environment
- reducing friction & inertia
- eliminating distribution costs


Current Uses of Open Source Software
- Internet: HTTP, Mail, DNS, IP, Routing, etc.
- Appliances & Embedded Applications
- File & Print (SAMBA)
- Development tools (GCC)
- Office Applications (OpenOffice)
- Games


Conclusion
OSS are viable alternative specially for developing countries like Bangladesh in terms of cost effectiveness and technology advancement