tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-17T14:13:12+08:00 Peatix MaGIC tag:peatix.com,2015:event-77909 2015-03-17T18:00:00MYT 2015-03-17T18:00:00MYT

About the Speaker:Gilles GravierGilles recently joined Wipro as Director for the Open Source Practice where he is an advisor to large acounts, private as well as public sector, worldwide.Previously, he was involved in security and open source throughout his career, doing quantum physics based security for Swiss company ID Quantique, open source business development in the public sector for Oracle, and has been in key positions as Chief Technology Strategist for Security and Open Source or Open Source Ambassador for EMEA for Sun Microsystems.He is also regularly involved as an advisor for the venture capital community around open source, security, business models and licensing issues.Key TakeawaysUnderstanding what is open source.Differences between various open source licenses. Generating revenue using various open source business models.Best practices in software development using open source. (eg. where to host your code repositories) Background InformationOpen source software are published and made available to the public, enabling anyone to re-use, modify and redistribute source code without paying royalties or fees. Open-source code evolves through community cooperation. These communities are composed of individual programmers from separate continents, differing levels of skills, as well as from large companies. In the past, individuals who were involved in open-source projects have ended up establishing companies offering products or services incorporating open-source programs.Open source software benefits programmers and non-programmers alike. In fact, because much of the Internet itself is built on many open source technologies like the Linux operating system and the Apache Web Server Application. Anyone using the Internet benefits from open source software. Every time an individal views webpages, check email, chat with friends, stream music online, or play multiplayer video games, their computers, mobile phones, or gaming consoles connect to a global network of computers that routes and transmits their data to the "local" devices they have in front of them.Popular open-source software include: Linux, Apache HTTP Server, GNU Compiler Collection, Firefox, Thunderbird, MySQL, Python.Useful References (and recommended readings)Microsoft Virtual Academy - Open Source Questions AnsweredMicrosoft Virtual Academy - Embrace Open Source Technologies to Accelerate and Scale SolutionsMicrosoft Virtual Academy - Deploying Linux Vms on Microsoft AzureWhat is open source?10 Reasons Open Source Is Good for BusinessBenefits of Using Open Source SoftwareList of free and open-source software packagesTop 10 open source projects of 2014The best open source software Awards (2014)Comparison of free and open-source software licenses

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