Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 1 Informaticiens Sans Frontières (Software Without Borders) Silvano de Gennaro - CERN
2 Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva Mission To adopt, recommend, develop, distribute and maintain affordable and durable standards, software solutions and packages targeted to fulfill the basic ICT needs in developing countries.
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 3 Goals sustainability of ICT projects operations cost reduction independence from western S/W manufacturers transfer of competence, education
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 4 Sustainability Local resources must be able to evolve with technology innovations and keep the pace with new H/W and S/W trends Local administrators must have a perfect understanding of the technology and rely upon a solid, affordable and available support system
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 5 Affordability H/W cost is decreasing, S/W is increasing Connectivity is expensive in isolated areas Global ICT costs are not adapted to local financial resources
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 6 Solutions Develop an integrated SW environment based on OSS and free of charge Negotiate special contracts with S/W vendors Integrate such solutions into a unique standard distribution kit for developing countries
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 7 Why Open Source? Independence from proprietory software Latest ICT trends Multiplatform Web services, XML, Java Wide expertise available (shared values) Growing “Free Software” Society
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 8 Why Linux? Lower costs, improved reliability, stability, flexibility, choice Reduced management time Being in control of solutions and budget Linux is maturing rapidly Several implementations (Red Hat, SuSe, Debian) Desktop applications available (Ximian)
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 9 Implementation Linux Integrated Free Environment Kernel Remote management extensions Sys calls interface for Win/MacOS products Server applications Cybercafe’ administration package OpenOffice Teaching kits (incl. illiterate)
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 10 Potential partners Linux International (LI) Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Free Software Foundation Simputer WWW Consortium (W3c) CERN UNV, UNITeS, UNDP etc. IAVE, OneWorld … …
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 11 Potential sponsors Sun IBM Oracle NOVELL …
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 12 ISF position ISF Civil Society Civil Society UN agencies UN agencies Science Technology Institutes Science Technology Institutes Universities SW manufacturers SW manufacturers USERSUSERS Competence Solutions Support Competence Solutions Support
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 13 OSS world Operating Systems GNU/Linux (Debian/GNU, RedHat, Mandrake, Slackware, SuSe, Caldera, OpenLinux, TurboLinux,…), FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeDOS,... Protocols, Middleware, Security, Network, Tools Bind, Eddie, OpenLDAP, IPChains, NetFilter, Free S/WAN, VNC, NetSaint, MON, Webalizer, MRTG, Nessus, OmniORB, Mico, Orbit, Shaper, AOLSrver, Webmin,…
Silvano de Gennaro - WSIS Geneva 14 OSS world Servers Apache, Jigsaw, Squid, Samba, Sendmail, Exim, Qmail, Wuftpd, Proftpd, Majordomo, Sympa, Inn, Postfix,… SQL/Database MySQL, mSQL, postgreSQL, Exodus, Triton, Yoda, Interbase,…