1. ARGUS Governance Anco Hundepool

2. Argus governance 1 History μ-ARGUS for microdata protection τ-ARGUS for tabular data protection Initiated at Statistics Netherlands μ-ARGUS 1993 τ-ARGUS 1998

3. Argus governance 2 Funding Also important Lack of resources at StatNeth. Blaise was already very demanding 1996 first contacts for European funding First start: SDC-project 1998 Netherlands, Italy/Spain, UK First versions of μ-ARGUS and τ-ARGUS

4. Argus governance 3 CASC-project Serious step forward μ-ARGUS and τ-ARGUS mature contributions by Germany, Spain, UK, Netherlands Distributed developments lead to practical, not always optimal architecture; but works good Now standard in Europe

5. Argus governance 4 Architecture VB user-interface (Anco; gives me control over the whole project) C++ DLLs Separate programs talk to each other via temp-files looks like one big system Good for individual distributed developers

6. Argus governance 5 Continuation StatNeth. controls the software Distributes via CASC-website No charges (paid by Europe anyhow) New funding = new progress

7. Argus governance 6 Risks software now dependent on one person and one institute he will have to retire soon what to do?

8. Argus governance 7 Future enlarge the team of developers more development power, more speed platform independence Open Source?

9. Argus governance 8 Future Different ways for μ-ARGUS and τ- ARGUS R + some user interface for μ-ARGUS Java + C-dlls for τ-ARGUS free solvers Governance board!!!

10. Argus governance 9 Governance board Who decides on which extensions in new versions? Can still fund some improvements Open source ≠ large free team of developers Role for Eurostat to fund

11. Argus governance 10 Summary Local start Proven tool Common acceptance: standard Funding body Common development based on open architecture Weak governance