1. OPEN SOURCE
A Hasty Primer

2. Definitions Free - no restrictions Public Domain - not copyrighted
Freeware - free distribution and use, copyrighted
Open Source - can view, alter and distribute source code; semi-structured development
Community Source - Open source software maintained by a chartered community of users

3. More Definitions Shareware - free distribution; users pay fee
Proprietary - exclusively owned and controlled; usually confidential
Licensed - license determines privileges
Commercial - proprietary, licensed, sold for profit

4. FreeBSD Open Source Model
Several thousand programmers contribute code
300 programmers can commit changes to the kernel, utilities and official documentation
A release engineering team provides quality control
A security team is responsible for responding to security incidents.
An elected core group (eight members) set the overall direction

5. Open Source vs Commercial
Open / Comm. Source
Commercial
Hardware acquisition & operations costs
Equal
Software acquisition costs
Much less - maybe $0
Much more - $M
Software operations and development costs
Fees to community source organization and / or add more staff
Annual maintenance fee
Implementation costs
“In the end, it may be that open source won’t reduce your overall costs but will instead shift those costs” Kenneth C. Green

6. Critical Success Factors
Application in use in multiple similar schools (no vaporware)
Person, team, or organization acts as gatekeeper for core system
Stable developer community exists and is dedicated to improving application
Vision for the future of application exists
User community growing (or large and stable)

7. ERP Systems within CA Community Colleges
Commercial
Datatel “Colleague”
Oracle “PeopleSoft”
SAP
Sungard “Banner”
Open Source / Community Source / Free
Kuali
Legacy

8. Distribution of ERP Systems
Vendor - Package
Type
Number of Community Colleges (CA)
Number of Multiple College Districts (CA)
Datatel Colleague
Commercial
40 / 41 9
Oracle PeopleSoft
TBD
SAP
LACCD (9 colleges) has implemented Fin & HR / Payroll
LACCD has implemented Financials & HR / Payroll
Sungard Banner 30 6
Kuali
Open Source
San Joaquin Delta College plans to implement Financials in 2008
*Only colleges / districts who have implemented the Student module are counted

9. Kuali Family
Kuali Financials - first release October 2006, San Joaquin Delta CCD plans to adopt July 2008
Kuali Student - consortium still forming,no financial aid or scheduling modules planned; San Joaquin Delta CCD founding partner
Kuali Research Administration - modification of MIT system; not released; status ?
Kuali Endowment Model - consortium forming