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The document outlines a presentation about earning with free and open source software (FOSS). It discusses common myths about FOSS and business, careers in FOSS like system administration and software development, opportunities for businesses around packaging, supporting and customizing FOSS, and case studies of companies saving money by migrating to FOSS solutions.

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Earnings with FOSS Joebert S. Jacaba Chief Software Architect Digital Resource Corporation Presented at the 1st OpenHUBS Conference Isla Parilla Resort November 27-29, 2007
Talk Outline FOSS Business Myths ● Careers on FOSS ● Business Opportunities on FOSS ● FOSS Investment Costs ● FOSS Case Studies ●
FOSS Business Myths If it is free how can I earn? - The true ● meaning of free TCO propaganda ● Too many choices is bad ● Human resource is cheap, Software is ● expensive
Careers on FOSS Systems Administration ● Software Development ●
Systems Administration Higher Salary ● Manages More Servers ● Less Time Spent of Managing One Server ● Much Less Time Spent on Viruses, ● Spyware and other Malware Less Time Spent on Patching ● Less Time Spent on Configuration ●
Software Development Higher Salary ● PHP – PERL – Python – RoR – Java – Junior: Php 20k-35k ● ● Senior: Php 65k-80k Higher Demand ●
Business Opportunities on FOSS Entities contemplating on software ● upgrades Entities on expansion or streamlining ● Entities integrating their units ● Packaging FOSS ● Supporting FOSS ●
Proprietary Software Upgrades Why upgrades are very costly? ● Complete revision if not a paradigm shift ● Driven by desire to earn ●
FOSS Software Upgrades Incremental updates ● Backward and forward compatible ● Driven by improvements ● Switching as soon as possible saves ● future cost
Expansion or Streamlining Expansion is very costly on software ● licensing costs Customized software can streamline ● operation FOSS strength on customized software ●
Integrating Business Units Why it is hard for proprietary systems to ● integrate? Zip Drive, RDRAM – FOSS can be introduced in incremental ● manner High chance modules will be converted to ● FOSS
Packaging FOSS Wide Array of Existing FOSS Back end ● Challenging configuration for an average ● user Front end applications can bridge this gap ● The battlefield is on the desktop ●
Supporting FOSS Service levels ●
FOSS Investment Costs Web Hosting and related services ● Software Development ● Systems Integration ●
Proprietary Web Hosting Web/Application Server ● IIS – Php 0 – Oracle OC4J – Php 100,000 – CMS ● MS Sharepoint Portal – Php 100,000 – Database ● MS SQL MSDE – Php 0 – MS SQL Standard – Php 90,000 –
FOSS Web Hosting Web/Application Server ● Apache HTTP Server – Php 0 – Apache Tomcat/Geronimo – Php 0 – CMS ● Joomla – Php 0 – Database ● MySQL – Php 0 – MySQL Enterprise Basic Php 25,000 –
Proprietary Software Development IDE ● MS Visual Studio .NET – Php 20,000 – Version Control ● MS Visual SourceSafe – Php 20,000 – Project Management ● MS Project – Php 55,000 –
FOSS Software Development IDE ● Eclipse – Php 0 – Version Control ● CVS – Php 0 – Project Management ● dotProject – Php 0 –
Proprietary Systems Integration Network Monitor ● HP OpenView Node Management Server – – Php 200,000 SMS ● ?? –
FOSS Systems Integration Network Monitor ● Nagios – Php 0 – Pacific Internet ● ● Bayan Communications, Inc. SMS ● Kannel – Php 0 – gnokiismsc.c – a plugin for kannel to ● support gnokii as an smsc type
FOSS Case Studies Migrating Access or MS SQL to MySQL ● multi-site access, cost – Migrating Oracle Running on Windows or ● Solaris to Linux cost and a bit of performance – Using Linux to run Maya rather than ● Windows maximize hardware, performance and – speed
FOSS Case Studies Adding an Anti-SPAM SMTP Proxy on top ● of an old out-of-service-life MS Exchange Server upgrade costs – Using postfix to send mail leaving MS ● Exhcange Server to receive mail load distribution, costs – Using a Linux workstation to authenticate ● to a MS Domain Server and vice-versa ease of switching –
FOSS Case Studies Fortune Life Integrated System ● Java/J2EE – Load-balanced Tomcat – HA MySQL – Hibernate – AjaxTags,DisplayTag – Script.aculo.us, Overlib, Prototype – LaTeX –
Earnings with FOSS That's all Folks!

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Earnings With Foss - Joebert

  • 1. Earnings with FOSS Joebert S. Jacaba Chief Software Architect Digital Resource Corporation Presented at the 1st OpenHUBS Conference Isla Parilla Resort November 27-29, 2007
  • 2. Talk Outline FOSS Business Myths ● Careers on FOSS ● Business Opportunities on FOSS ● FOSS Investment Costs ● FOSS Case Studies ●
  • 3. FOSS Business Myths If it is free how can I earn? - The true ● meaning of free TCO propaganda ● Too many choices is bad ● Human resource is cheap, Software is ● expensive
  • 4. Careers on FOSS Systems Administration ● Software Development ●
  • 5. Systems Administration Higher Salary ● Manages More Servers ● Less Time Spent of Managing One Server ● Much Less Time Spent on Viruses, ● Spyware and other Malware Less Time Spent on Patching ● Less Time Spent on Configuration ●
  • 6. Software Development Higher Salary ● PHP – PERL – Python – RoR – Java – Junior: Php 20k-35k ● ● Senior: Php 65k-80k Higher Demand ●
  • 7. Business Opportunities on FOSS Entities contemplating on software ● upgrades Entities on expansion or streamlining ● Entities integrating their units ● Packaging FOSS ● Supporting FOSS ●
  • 8. Proprietary Software Upgrades Why upgrades are very costly? ● Complete revision if not a paradigm shift ● Driven by desire to earn ●
  • 9. FOSS Software Upgrades Incremental updates ● Backward and forward compatible ● Driven by improvements ● Switching as soon as possible saves ● future cost
  • 10. Expansion or Streamlining Expansion is very costly on software ● licensing costs Customized software can streamline ● operation FOSS strength on customized software ●
  • 11. Integrating Business Units Why it is hard for proprietary systems to ● integrate? Zip Drive, RDRAM – FOSS can be introduced in incremental ● manner High chance modules will be converted to ● FOSS
  • 12. Packaging FOSS Wide Array of Existing FOSS Back end ● Challenging configuration for an average ● user Front end applications can bridge this gap ● The battlefield is on the desktop ●
  • 13. Supporting FOSS Service levels ●
  • 14. FOSS Investment Costs Web Hosting and related services ● Software Development ● Systems Integration ●
  • 15. Proprietary Web Hosting Web/Application Server ● IIS – Php 0 – Oracle OC4J – Php 100,000 – CMS ● MS Sharepoint Portal – Php 100,000 – Database ● MS SQL MSDE – Php 0 – MS SQL Standard – Php 90,000 –
  • 16. FOSS Web Hosting Web/Application Server ● Apache HTTP Server – Php 0 – Apache Tomcat/Geronimo – Php 0 – CMS ● Joomla – Php 0 – Database ● MySQL – Php 0 – MySQL Enterprise Basic Php 25,000 –
  • 17. Proprietary Software Development IDE ● MS Visual Studio .NET – Php 20,000 – Version Control ● MS Visual SourceSafe – Php 20,000 – Project Management ● MS Project – Php 55,000 –
  • 18. FOSS Software Development IDE ● Eclipse – Php 0 – Version Control ● CVS – Php 0 – Project Management ● dotProject – Php 0 –
  • 19. Proprietary Systems Integration Network Monitor ● HP OpenView Node Management Server – – Php 200,000 SMS ● ?? –
  • 20. FOSS Systems Integration Network Monitor ● Nagios – Php 0 – Pacific Internet ● ● Bayan Communications, Inc. SMS ● Kannel – Php 0 – gnokiismsc.c – a plugin for kannel to ● support gnokii as an smsc type
  • 21. FOSS Case Studies Migrating Access or MS SQL to MySQL ● multi-site access, cost – Migrating Oracle Running on Windows or ● Solaris to Linux cost and a bit of performance – Using Linux to run Maya rather than ● Windows maximize hardware, performance and – speed
  • 22. FOSS Case Studies Adding an Anti-SPAM SMTP Proxy on top ● of an old out-of-service-life MS Exchange Server upgrade costs – Using postfix to send mail leaving MS ● Exhcange Server to receive mail load distribution, costs – Using a Linux workstation to authenticate ● to a MS Domain Server and vice-versa ease of switching –
  • 23. FOSS Case Studies Fortune Life Integrated System ● Java/J2EE – Load-balanced Tomcat – HA MySQL – Hibernate – AjaxTags,DisplayTag – Script.aculo.us, Overlib, Prototype – LaTeX –
  • 24. Earnings with FOSS That's all Folks!