Open Source business models
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A presentation describing the various open source business models, show casing the MARSSA open source project which is hosted by MARSEC-XL.
Open Source business models
- 1. University of Manchester trip to Malta Zak Borg MARSSA project Lead Zak.borg@marsec-xl.org
- 2. The business of Open Source software MARSEC12-819 MARSEC-XL Foundation
- 3. What do we mean by open source?
- 4. Describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials
- 5. The leaders driving open source
- 7. Why use open source ?
- 10. The Pizza model Too often, businesses need to develop software with the same "ingredients" as everyone else, and this offers no competitive advantage. If everyone wants the same pizza, why not share the cost?
- 11. Projected cost to come up with another Linux 8 Billion
- 12. In the late '90s, Microsoft secretly developed its own version of Linux, but shelved it after quality control researchers deemed it "too stable Instead spent 421 to fight Linux !!
- 13. Collaboration is the key to success!
- 15. People from different walks of live all working together on the same challenge. A community of developers, designers all dedicating their free time to the development of the project Thousands of testers & developers
- 19. Weve got a shot at really pulling together to turn upside down the way we approach the challenges we are facing in the world and look at them in a brand new entrepreneurial way.
- 20. Open source business models
- 22. Flip side business models
- 23. Per-unit royalties NREs (non-recurring engineering fees) for integration & production Subscriptions for product updates & support Certification and compliance testing fees Hardware sales Insurance for product liability and indemnification Sharing development costs Dual licensing
- 25. Apple Inc. offers Darwin for free, while selling Mac OS X. MySQL is offered for free, but with the enterprise version includes support and additional features. Oracle - Virtual Box is free and open-source to anyone, but the VirtualBox extension pack can only be used for free at home, therefore requiring payment for business Sun Microsystems offer OpenOffice.org for free, while selling Star Office.
- 27. Use open source technologies and have zero start up costs
- 29. = An innovation hotspot for all marine software systems. MARSEC-XL serves as a neutral ground where internationally leading brands, start-up companies and academic institutions work collaboratively.
- 30. MARine Systems Software Architecture www.marssa.org
- 31. Opening what is closed The first open source project in the marine industry
- 32. Instead of competing on the platform, MARSSA enables companies around the globe to compete on the innovations. Music Route planner Navigation Infotainment Sensor data Motors MARSSA
- 33. The fast path January 2010 Concept launched February 2011 Work started on Reference Architecture & MARSSA footprint March 2011 MARSSA Officially launched April 2011 MARSSA concept presented at LinuxCon in San Francisco May 2011 MARSSA invited by Intel to show case in San Francisco August 2011 MARSSA Demonstrator launched September 2011 MARSSA Reference architecture V1 released. October 2011 Isle Of Open Source, First MARSSA conference. November 2011 120 active members!. 2012 MARSSA FP7 project
- 37. 200 For hardware & software 150 For installing software
- 38. We all interact with Open Source Software