THE BUSINESS CASE FOR OPEN SOURCEKurt Voelker, Forum One Communica4ons
Dick Olsson, Al Jazeera
Brian, ICT Qatar
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QUICKLY. WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE?
THE RULES:ACCESS TO THE SOURCE CODE
THE RULES:DERIVATIVE WORKS ALLOWED
THE RULES:FREE DISTRIBUTION
THE VALUES:COMMUNITY. COLLABORATION. TRANSPARENCY.
MERITOCRACY. GENEROSITY. INNOVATION.
Open Building Blocks...
Power Open Applica4ons...
THAT POWER YOUR BUSINESSES
HOW OPEN SOURCE HELPS YOUR BUSINESS
1. RE-USE YOUR INVESTMENTS.
CorporateSite
CommunitySite
EventSites
CampaignSites
ProductSites
Complexity, Uniqueness
Perm
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ce
2. RE-USE OTHERS INVESTMENTS.
3. SET THE COST OF INNOVATION TO ZERO.
4. ATTRACT THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST.
2 CASE STUDIES
DICK OLSSON. AL JAZEERA.
BRIAN. ICT QATAR.