[WSO2Con EU 2017] The Role of Open Source and Community in an Enterprise
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The document discusses the role of open source in enterprise, highlighting its benefits such as cost savings, superior technology, and community engagement. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration and transparency, which facilitate project success and talent recruitment. Ultimately, open source is portrayed as a strategic asset that extends beyond software to encompass community and decision-making influences.
[WSO2Con EU 2017] The Role of Open Source and Community in an Enterprise
- 1. Chief Engineering & Delivery Officer - WSO2 The Role of Open Source and Community in an Enterprise Samisa Abeysinghe
- 2. Why use Open Source? •Build an ecosystem around products and services •Grow your user communities •Cost, quality and security advantages… •Process, management and business lessons
- 6. Release Early – Release Often 6
- 7. Users are Part of the Project Team 7
- 8. • Not that it is cheap or free • The culture & the community matters Open Source Benefits 8
- 9. Open Source as Engineering Process •Collaboration •Technology superiority •Sharing and reuse •Feedback Cycles •Evolution •Quality
- 10. Open Source for Delivering Customer Value •Adoption •Transparency •Legal and procurement •Time vs money tradeoffs
- 11. IT Solutions Services Software Hardware •What have you got to pay for? •OSS drives down software costs –Lower overall project cost
- 12. Project Economics with OSS
- 13. Value Proposition •Pay for software or value added partnerships •How can you de-risk –The project –The solution –The deployment
- 14. Open Source as a Recruiting Vehicle •Attracts and retains top talent •Widely used in educational institutions and research projects •Extends community beyond corporate boundaries
- 15. Contribute and Influence Committers Contri butors Users Benefits • Faster fixes • Strategy alignment • Employee attractiveness • Visibility in the community
- 16. Conclusion •OSS allows you to think beyond software •Community, collaboration, communication •Decision making •Focus on solutions •Collaborate and influence
- 17. wso2.com 17