“The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has

taken place..”

- George Bernard Shaw

Enterprizing Open Source!
Kumar Abhishek
India Student Coordinator
Campus Ambassador Program
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Kumar.Abhishek@Sun.COM
http://blogs.sun.com/krabhishek
 Agenda

An Insight on
• Market
• Open Source
• Your Role in Open
Source Market!

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YESTERDAY....

And today...

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Communication Creates
Communities...

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Web Economy continues to Grow

New
Applications

Time

New Applications enable Life on the Web

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New Age Means Change!
Information Age Participation Age

Security Closed Silos Digital Identity

Software Monolithic Systems Service Oriented

Pricing CPU/Arbitrary Based Value-Based Pricing

Customer
Engagement Monitor/React Conversation

Development Single Source Open Source

But, the rewards are worth the effort

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There are two kinds of Customers....
I have lot or money but no time... I run
a Bank... I need support to run
OpenSolaris on my Datacenter...
I have loads of time, but no money.. I
am a student... I want to do cool things
with OpenSolaris on my laptop..

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Why the Move to Open Source?

User with time, sans money says “I want...”

To see the source code
To Contribute fixes and features

To fix bugs themselves

To work together with each other to
create solutions
To use technology for free”
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Why the Move to Open Source?

User with money but no time says “I want..”

Vendor choice

No lock-in or lock-out

Reduced cost

Increased quality
Support on every step
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Open Source Business Models
1) “Dual” License 6) Stewardship
> Differentiation of open > Drives standards,
source and commercial developer capture
> Add value to base &
sell

2) Subscription 5) Embedded
> Combined offering > Use as a minor
of software and part within
support another product

3) Hosted
> Software as a
service
> With or without
data 4) Consulting
> Enterprise
integration
consulting

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Building on Powerful Open Platforms

ZFS

Sun Identity GlassFish

Management
INNOVATION OPEN SOURCE

Sun Java network.com

CAPS
openxVM xVM

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It's All About Choice
Application
Infrastructure

Database Platform

Virtualization Sun xVM

Operating System

Architecture

Platforms for the Web Economy

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Using Open Source In Your Business

● There is something or the other to support all your IT needs in the Open
Source World
● Horde

● Drupal

● OsCommerce

● OpenOffice

● Open Source has everything to offer to your developers

● Programming Languages (Java, Python, Perl, PHP etc)

● Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc)

● IDEs (Netbeans, Sun Studio etc)

● Operating Systems (OpenSolaris, Linux etc..)

Your Customers work with you when you sail on Open Source!

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The Four Effects
Drives volume Co-Development

Future growth markets Market distruption

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Perception is Changing...

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Participation is becoming the key...

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Questions?

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 Thank You!

Enterprizing Open Source!

Kumar Abhishek
India Student Coordinator
Campus Ambassador Program
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Kumar.Abhishek@Sun.COM
http://blogs.sun.com/krabhishek