squiz iuc 2010 - red hat - open source creates better software
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Vit l St ti itiVital Statisitics
Headquarters in RaleigFounded in 1993Founded in 19933000+ employees, in 6countriescountriesCash and investmentsFY11 revenues: $800+FY11 revenues: $800IPO, 1999 (NYSE: RH
gh, NC
66 worldwide offices in 30
: $1.3 billion+ million +30% growth million 30% growthHT)
Raison d’êtreTo be the catalyst in communiticontributors and partners creacontributors, and partners creaopen source way.
ies of customers, ating better technology theating better technology the
S thi t bSomething to remembe
First they ignore youFirst they ignore youThen they laugh at youThen they fight youThen they fight youAnd then you win
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- Mohatma Gandhi
The Foundations of Gene ou dat o s o Ge(GPL)
Nobody should be restrictedThere are four freedoms thaThere are four freedoms tha
the freedom to use the softw
the freedom to change the s
the freedom to share the sofneighbors, and
the freedom to share the cha
neral Public License e a ub c ce se
d by the software they use. at every user should have:at every user should have:
ware for any purpose,
software to suit your needs,
ftware with your friends and
anges you make.
G l P bli LiGeneral Public License
Red Hat release all distribu(sometimes with much effo(sometimes with much effo
And now, so do Squiz!
Red Hat Squiz Red Hat Squiz
(GPL)(GPL)
uted software under GPLort)ort)
Wh t i O S SWhat is Open Source S
A type of software decollaborative develocollaborative develoaccessibility of code
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efined by its pment modelpment model,
e and distribution t t ith i tntrast with proprietary
nly available in a binary
C ll b ti I tiCollaborative Innovatio
A framework built on shA framework built on shinventions with the worfrom developers custofrom developers, custooutside of the corporat
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haring ideas andharing ideas and rld and getting new ideas omers and leadersomers, and leaders e structure.
C ll b ti I tiC ll b ti I tiCollaborative InnovatioCollaborative Innovatio
Open SourceAccess to Code(Fedora, Issue: Software Patents)
Open ContentAccess to Knowledge(Creative Commons Wikipedia)(Creative Commons, Wikipedia)
Open StandardsAccess to Data(ODF, Royalty Free Standards)
Access to knowledge Anytime, An
t R d H tonon at Red Hat
nywhere, Anyhow
Wh OSS? DWhy use OSS? Democr
Red Hat Patent Promise
Open Invention Network
P S l i FiPatent Settlement in Fires
Brief in Bilski CaseBrief in Bilski Case
IP Symposiums in North Cy pIndia; and more to come
www.opensource.com
ti i C t tratising Content
t Cstar Case
Carolina, United States; Delhi,
OPEN SOURCE STACK
PROPRIETARY
OPEN SOURCE STACK
IBM/Oracle Portal
PROPRIETARY
IBM Websphere, .NET
Oracle DB, DB2
Veritas Storage Suite
UNIX, Windows
Containers, VMWare Virtualisation
OPEN SOURCE
MySource Matrix
OPEN SOURCE
Apache & PHP
PostgreSQL
Global File System/Red Hat Cluster Suite
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux