For Ohio Linuxfest 2013 - Delivered September 13, 2013

1. Keeping an Open Mind
About Open Source
Sarah Dutkiewicz
sarah@cletechconsulting.com
Ohio LinuxFest 2013

2. Myths and Facts

3. Myth: Open Source is
Relatively Young

4. Fact: Open Source is Older

5. Myth: Linux vs Windows

6. XKCD: Open Source
HTTP://XKCD.COM/225/

7. Fact: Multiple Platforms Involved

8. Myth: You Have to Have a Beard & Sandals

9. Fact: Linus Doesn’t Have a Beard!
(Nor do many others)

10. Myth: Fringe Movement

11. Fact: Corporations Behind the Open
Source Movement

12. Myth: Antisocial Developers

13. Fact: Developers Collaborate

14. Myth: Unreliable

15. Fact: Closed Source Fails Too

16. Fact: Quite Reliable

17. Myth: Lack of Support

18. Myth: Lack of Support

19. Fact: Multiple Methods of Support

20. Myth: No Professional Delivery

21. Fact: Proven Deliveries

22. Myth: Not Ready for the “Big World”

23. Fact: Enterprises Using OS Today

24. Myth: Inferior to Commercial
Products

25. Fact: Competitive with Commercial
Products

26. Benefits of Open Source

27. Benefit: Access to the Source

28. Benefit: Affordability

29. Benefit: Not Tied Down

30. Benefit: Interoperability

31. Benefit: Customizability

32. Benefit: Auditability

33. Benefit: Longevity

34. Benefit: Quality

35. Benefit: Licensing

36. Packages

37. Operating Systems

38. IP Telephony

39. File Systems

40. Office Suites

41. Password Keepers

42. Databases

43. Content Management Systems
BlogsRegistration
News Sponsors
ScheduleDirections

44. Customer Relations Management

45. Enterprise Resource Planning

46. Business Intelligence

47. Web Development

48. Photo Editing & Graphics Design

49. Source Control

50. Virtualization

51. Sources for FOSS Projects
• CloudForge
• CodePlex
• Freepository
• GitHub
• GNU Savannah
• Google Code
• JavaForge
• Launchpad
• SourceForge
• Tigris
• … and many more!

53. Any Questions?