© Copyright Ovum Open Standards and Open Source Keynote presentation at OASIS PresenterDavid Mitchell, Software Practice Leader Direct line Date17th October 2005

© Copyright Ovum Agenda  Introduction  Open Standards  Why do they exist  What types of standards exist  Who participates in the standards process and why  Open Source  Why do open source projects exist  What types of open source project exist  Who participates in open source projects and why  Open Source and Open Standards  Questions on the inter-relationships

© Copyright Ovum Introduction

© Copyright Ovum “The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from… the bad thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from” (apocryphal) Google “Open standards” = 6.88 million

© Copyright Ovum A Caricature Open SourceOpen Standards

© Copyright Ovum The Caricature: True or False ?  Standards Committee examples  OASIS Web Services Security (TC)  Actional Corporation, Adobe Systems Inc, Amber Point, Adobe Systems Inc, BMC Software, Computer Associates, ContentGuard, Cybertrust, EMC Corporation, Ericsson, Forum Systems Inc, Fujitsu Limited, GeoTrust, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Ltd, IBM, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft Corporation, Neustar Inc, Nokia Corporation, Nortel Networks Limited, Oracle Corporation, Reactivity Inc, RSA Security, SAP AG, Sarvega, SeeBeyond Technology Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Tibco Software Inc, US Dept of the Navy, VeriSign, Wells Fargo & Individuals  General OASIS membership

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Standards

© Copyright Ovum The Caricature: True or False ?  Open Geospatial Consortium members  3e - Technologies International (3eTI), ABACO srl, Advanced Technology Solutions, Inc, AED-SICAD Aktiengesellschaft, Agip KCO NV, Altarum Institute, Applied Innovation Inc, ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH, Asia Air Survey Co. Ltd, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Autodesk Inc, BAE Systems - Electronics & Integrated Solutions (E&IS), Bavarian State Mapping Agency, BBNT Solutions LLC, Bentley Systems Inc, BERIT a.s., BiLGi GIS Geographic Information Systems Co. Ltd., Boeing S&IS Mission Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, BRGM, British Columbia Institute of Technology, British Geological Survey, c-plan ag, cadcorp (Computer Aided Development Corp.) Ltd, California Dept. of Transportation, Cambridge Systematics, Inc, CANRI (Community Access to Natural Resources Information) Program, Carbon Project, CARIS, Carmenta AB, CCLRC (Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils), Centre for Geo-Information; Wageningen University, City and County of San Francisco, City of Nanaimo, City of Phoenix Arizona, City of Toronto, City of Vienna….over 200 other groups  Categories  Associate, Government - local, Government - subnational, Principal, Small Company, Strategic, Technical, University,

© Copyright Ovum The Caricature: True or False ?  Commercial interaction with open source  IPR contribution - but on what basis ?

© Copyright Ovum The Caricature: True or False ?  Revenue generation

© Copyright Ovum The Caricature: True or False ?  Venture Capital involvement

© Copyright Ovum Open Standards

© Copyright Ovum Why do Open Standards exist ? The fundamental reason for the existence of Open Standards is that they facilitate choice in the market, through encouraging both competition and inter-operability.

© Copyright Ovum Life without Open Standards ? Ability to integrate systems Systems inter-operability Vendor development cost User OPEX costs - mgmnt User OPEX costs - training User productivity Vendor swap out ability Vendor price pressure Vendor focus on end-user business requirements.

© Copyright Ovum Types of Open Standards De Facto De Jure Programming Languages Data Exchange Formats Communication Protocols System Metadata Presentation/UI Software Services Management & Ops.

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Standards ?

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Standards ?

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Standards ?

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Standards ?

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Standards ?

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Standards ?

© Copyright Ovum Why participate in Open Standards ? Vendors End-Users Other Professions Academics 1. Ensure design compatibility - semantic 2. Industry involvement 1. Input to requirement definition 2. Review of specification and implementation 1. Input to requirement definition 2. Contribution of expertise 1. Input to requirement definition 2. Review of specification and implementation

Level 3Open Source © Copyright Ovum

© Copyright Ovum Why do open source projects exist ?

© Copyright Ovum Why do open source projects exist ? Programming practice and learning Demonstration of ability - job application Functional and technical gaps in market Improve on an existing OSS project Provide an alternative to commercial products Reference implementation of open standards Commercial motivation

© Copyright Ovum Life without open source Price pressure on commercial vendors Innovation pressure on commercial vendors Value pressure on commercial vendors

© Copyright Ovum Types of Open Source projects - LAMP+1

© Copyright Ovum Types of Open Source projects

© Copyright Ovum Type of Open Source project

© Copyright Ovum Who participates in Open Source ?

© Copyright Ovum What users should do about Open Source? Avoid thinking it is free - focus on real TCO Avoid non-open standards products Analyse real infrastructure dependencies Architecture vision update Structured experimentation and evaluation Analyse where real value is added

Level 3 Open Standards and Open Source: Questions © Copyright Ovum

© Copyright Ovum Question Are open standards important in a closed- source world ?

© Copyright Ovum YES !

© Copyright Ovum Question Can open source thrive without open standards ?

© Copyright Ovum NO !

© Copyright Ovum Question Should end-users leave standards activity to the vendors and academics ?

© Copyright Ovum NO !

© Copyright Ovum Question How do you summarise the relationship between open source and open standards ?

© Copyright Ovum Open Standards Closed Source Products Open Source Products

© Copyright Ovum Q&A