ed. technology council open source presentation

Open Source SoftwareOpen Source Software

Gerald LoganGerald Logan

glogan@mac.comglogan@mac.com

Open-source software is computer software where the source code is available under a license that permits users to study, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software

Open Source??

What Does This Mean To What Does This Mean To You?You?

The source code is available The source code is available Software does not cost Software does not cost If you have the ability to modify the code If you have the ability to modify the code

you may do so, but you must publish the you may do so, but you must publish the source code. source code.

Opensource.org Opensource.org Has This To Say About It.Has This To Say About It.

The promise of open source is better quality, The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.

One of our most important activities is as a One of our most important activities is as a standards body, maintaining the Open Source standards body, maintaining the Open Source Definition for the good of the community. Definition for the good of the community.

What Does This Mean To What Does This Mean To You?You?

The peer review process means that The peer review process means that anything you do will be evaluated by anything you do will be evaluated by others and may be modified others and may be modified

All the coders will review your work, if All the coders will review your work, if you break it, they will all work at fixing ityou break it, they will all work at fixing it

Your data will be stored in an open formatYour data will be stored in an open format

How Safe And Reliable Is How Safe And Reliable Is It?It?

When problems are found with open When problems are found with open source software, it is generally fixed in source software, it is generally fixed in hours. hours.

Companies tend to have patches ready in Companies tend to have patches ready in days. days.

So How Good Is This So How Good Is This Stuff?Stuff?

The internet runs on this software and The internet runs on this software and always has always has

The web server of choice, Apache runs The web server of choice, Apache runs 58.86 % of the web sites (last month) 58.86 % of the web sites (last month)

Firefox the most popular web browser is Firefox the most popular web browser is sitting at 15 % up 5 % in the last year. sitting at 15 % up 5 % in the last year.

Why Haven't I Heard Why Haven't I Heard More About This?More About This?

North America is the slowest region to North America is the slowest region to embrace open source embrace open source

An attitude prevails that if you don't have An attitude prevails that if you don't have to pay to rent it, it isn't worth using. to pay to rent it, it isn't worth using.

North America can afford to buy software -North America can afford to buy software -the world can't. the world can't.

How Much Does How Much Does Software Cost?Software Cost?

$300.00 156.4 6 29.6 14.4 3.1 2.4

$180.00 93.9 3.6 17.8 8.6 1.9 1.4

iWork $120.00 62.6 1.6 11.8 5.8 1.2 1

Mac OS X $150.00 78.2 3 14.8 7.2 1.6 1.2

Days it would take the average resident to pay for the package.

Cost at Futureshop

Brundi (700)

Barbados (18 200)

India (3700)

China (7200)

Canada (35 200)

GPPSD (45 600)

Windows Vista (home)

Office (home and Student)

So Who Publishes This and So Who Publishes This and Why ?Why ?

The developers, at ground zero were The developers, at ground zero were dedicated programers who had a passion for dedicated programers who had a passion for the program the program

Proof of concept - Linux Proof of concept - Linux Companies have also jumped on board. The Companies have also jumped on board. The largest and best known one would be IBM. largest and best known one would be IBM.

Who Supports This?Who Supports This?

The communityThe community FAQsFAQs ManualsManuals HowtosHowtos Discussion groupsDiscussion groups 18 000 000 hits on “howto apache”18 000 000 hits on “howto apache”

Lets Play…..Lets Play…..

All the titles I am showing run on three All the titles I am showing run on three operating systems: Mac, Windows and Linuxoperating systems: Mac, Windows and Linux

I will run the firestorm and then we will I will run the firestorm and then we will play…..play…..

I believe that time to play is the most important I believe that time to play is the most important part of this workshop. part of this workshop.

Some of the web applications have demo Some of the web applications have demo servers. servers.

Open OfficeOpen Office Word ProcessingWord Processing SpreadsheetSpreadsheet PresentationPresentation DatabaseDatabase DrawDraw

Word ProcessingWord Processing

Full featured Reads .doc documents Saves .doc, xml and

odf. Test documents

newsletter - fine. background image - not.

Spread SheetSpread Sheet

A sheet was brought in from Excel

Formatting is sometimes lost

The interface is so familiar

ImpressImpress

Imports other slide designs with no problem.

The bells and whistles don’t always work

The sounds and movies file types are rather particular.

DrawDraw

This is vector based drawing package

Objects can be resized and moved around.

Opens .jpg, png, tiff and gif

Only open office formats

DatabaseDatabase

I am a Filemaker user I played around enough with this to make an address

book. Click friendly

Abi WordAbi Word

Writes and saves .doc files with simple formating no problem.

Simple to use Standard icons Mean lean writing machine.

(90 menu items, 4 toolbar, Word has 131 and 18 Toolbars)

AbiWordAbiWord

Does not do a good job of importing Word Tables, footers and graphic formatting..

No background image in this example

The display is not as crisp as Word

No clipart, just pictures from the web(?)

InkscapeInkscape

Vector based illustration Vector based illustration programprogram

Layer toolsLayer tools GradientsGradients More tools than I have More tools than I have

ablityablity

GIMPGIMP

Tux PaintTux Paint

Easy to useEasy to use No menusNo menus What you see What you see

is what you is what you get…almostget…almost

Blue scale?Blue scale? Arrows?Arrows?

Even I can figure this one out!Even I can figure this one out!

Tux TypeTux Type

Character ModeCharacter Mode

Word ModeWord Mode

Free MindFree Mind

NVUNVU

WYSIWYG Web editor. no html code… but It is easy to use It gets ackward if you try to make large sites. It is best for the student sites

( ? pages)

Stellarium

120,000 stars images of nebulaerealistic Milky Wayequatorial and azimuthal grids the planets and their satelliteseclipse simulation

CelestriaCelestria

The space simulation that lets you explore our universe

Travel throughout the solar system

SudokuSudoku

This is the only This is the only single platform single platform OS program I OS program I am showing. am showing.

There are Mac There are Mac versions on the versions on the net. net. http://www.sudhttp://www.sudokufun.com/wiokufun.com/widget.phpdget.php

Moodle

Some Moodle SitesSome Moodle Sites

The conference eLearning site is run with MoodleThe conference eLearning site is run with Moodle Many schools are running it.Many schools are running it.

ATutor

U of T is U of T is the leadthe lead

SciQ Site on ATutorSciQ Site on ATutor

Very easy to useVery easy to use This site was just point This site was just point

and click from our and click from our website website

Demo server available Demo server available http://courses.atutor.ca/http://courses.atutor.ca/

login.phplogin.php

Apache Started with a web serverStarted with a web server 56 % of the current market56 % of the current market Most Linux distributions include thisMost Linux distributions include this

Mediawiki

Written for Wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki

Wikipedia.orgWikipedia.org

Linux

The first true open The first true open source project, started source project, started as a class assginmentas a class assginment

Runs the internetRuns the internet

DrupalDrupal

Drupal Drupal

Add on ModulesAdd on Modules Content Management Content Management

SystemsSystems BlogsBlogs Collaborative Collaborative

environmentsenvironments ForumsForums NewslettersNewsletters PodcastingPodcasting Picture galleriesPicture galleries

WordPress

Latest blogging technology

Full standards compliance

WordPress Pages WordPress Links WordPress

Themes

Etcata.caEtcata.ca

JoomalJoomal

Content management Content management systemsystem

Our webmasters current Our webmasters current choicechoice

Online demoOnline demo http://demo.joomla.org/http://demo.joomla.org/

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Gerald LoganGerald Logan

glogan@mac.comglogan@mac.com