Focus Group Open Source 28.4.2010 Roberto Galoppini
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What Makes OSS Attractive?
Lower costs
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Access to code libraries
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Lower costs
Superior security
Freedom of VENDOR lock-in
Better quality software
Access to code libraries
Rapid pace of innovation
Freedom of DIY
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Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html
It is interesting to notice that beyond infrastractural open source programs, open source now is entering the enterprise application arena. Moreover, many open source projects community-led – e.g. Apache, Eclipse, just to name the most famous foundations taking good care of projects falling under their 'umbrellas' – are building blocks used to create commercial products (either proprietary or fully open source).
Demographic Overview – First Year we segregated user & VENDOR responses – thanks to feedback from collaborators, especially Andrew Aitken of Olliance Group
Note that user/VENDOR perceptions were not all that different on many issues; industry is aligned
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Tim: Wave of pragmatism that explains the chart
Jim: jest about Red Hat & installed base
Dries – long tail of >5000 contributed modules