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What and Why Open Source
Tony Stanco, Esq.DirectorThe Center of Open Source & Government http://www.egovos.orgTony@egovos.org
Associate DirectorCyberspace Security Policy & Research InstituteThe George Washington UniversityStanco@gwu.edu202-994-5513http://www.cspri.seas.gwu.edu
Sponsors/Presenters
Thank you to IBM, Oracle, HP, Red Hat, DevIS, Novell and all the others for sponsoring the conference Big thanks to all the
speakers for taking time out of very busy schedules to join us
Open Source Reference Book 2004
The Center of Open Source & Government has compiled the Open Source Reference Book 2004
About 1000 Open Source projects and companies in government, universities or industryWill be mailed to registered attendees on CD-RomPaper samples in the Exhibit Hall
Open Source
Open Source has arrived At conference will hear
what leaders in foreign, Federal and state governments are already doing with Open Source And what Open Source
solutions vendors and integrators have available for government
What is Open Source ?
Software that can be used, copied and distributed with or without a fee Where users can freely
modify the source code, which is included with the distribution
What is Open Source ?
If using Internet already using Open Source: Linux (operating system)
Forecast to garner 45% of new servers by 2007
Apache (web server) Bind (provides domain
name services for Internet) Sendmail (transmits email
over Internet)
Why Open Source Software?
OSS can have lower licensing costs
Taiwan, India, Europe, Japan, China reporting expected savings either directly or from increased competitive landscape
Ability to audit code for “back-doors,” “spyware” or security holes Promotes architectural diversity
Lowering risks of monoculture and cyberattacks
Promotes innovation by unaffiliated developers experimenting with code Reduces dependence on single
software producer
Challenges for Open Source Software?
Business models Licensing/Intellectual
Property issues unresolved
Conference
Will hear from participants throughout conference on benefits and challenges with Open Source
OSS Policy?
Should Government mandate Open Source?
Probably not a good ideaAmounts to failed Industrial Policy
Level the playing field Open Standards, Open data formatsCorrect any market failure
Then let the Market decide Best value for taxpayer money
Based on reliability, security, interoperability, performance, ease-of-use, TCO and support
OSS Policy?
Open Source shows it can compete without government policy interference Market competition makes
everyone better, faster, cheaperThis is better than government locking into Open Source or Proprietary based on arbitrary mandates
Conference
Please enjoy the rest of this timely and informative conference as we discuss Open Source
What and Why Open Source
Tony Stanco, Esq.DirectorThe Center of Open Source & Government http://www.egovos.orgTony@egovos.org
Associate DirectorCyberspace Security Policy & Research InstituteThe George Washington UniversityStanco@gwu.edu202-994-5513http://www.cspri.seas.gwu.edu
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