Open Source Software
Carol Nichols & Rob Wierzbowski
Goals
- Know what Open Source Software is
- Know why it's important to you
- Show you lots of cat pictures
I write some code
that solves
a problem.
Instead of keeping it
to myself...
I give it away for free!
The benefits of sharing
outweigh the benefits of
keeping things private.
Open Source
- Operating Systems (Linux)
- Applications (Firefox)
- Programming Languages (Ruby, PHP)
- CMS/Frameworks (Wordpress, Ruby on Rails)
- Small libraries (jQuery plugins, Ruby gems)
Closed Source
- Operating Systems (Windows, OSX*)
- Applications (Internet Explorer, Photoshop)
- Programming Languages (.NET)
- CMS/Frameworks (Posterous)
Why should you care?
Don't have to reinvent the wheel
Makes your company stronger
Wordpress vs
posterous.com
Warm fuzzies
Exposure
Support
Community/People problems
Sharing!
Built on OSS
OSS makes you stronger
OSS Philosophy is the future.
That's just the way it is.