Open VS Boxed Source Author: Gaj Tanko

Open Source

Philosophy Promoting free redistribution (of source code) and access to end products‘s design and implementation details Creating the competing environment Diversity, different agendas and approaches Involving great deal of time, money and effort Community based approach

It‘s expensive opponent

What costs you more? Initial cost Implementation support Employees expertise Reachability of the product team Time spent solving the problem

Collision?

Merging the world together Standards Patents Licensing (Creative Commons) Companies (Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM)

Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source http://www.neowin.net/news/how-bill-gates-changed-microsofts-stance-on-open-source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_mark

Questions?

Thank you! Gaj Tanko www.tanko.si @randominfinity +386 31 893786