The real value of open source:
ROI and beyond
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
Acquia Manager of Community Affairs
[email protected] @horncologne
@acquia
Who are you?
Why are you here?
The real value of open source:
ROI and beyond
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
Acquia Manager of Community Affairs
[email protected] @horncologne
@acquia
“Open source is an
intellectual-property
destroyer… I can't imagine
something that could be
worse than this for the
software business and the
intellectual-property
business.”
- Jim Allchin, Microsoft - 2001
“Open source is an
intellectual-property
destroyer… I can't imagine
something that could be
worse than this for the
software business and the
intellectual-property
business.”
- Jim Allchin, Microsoft - 2001
“Open source is an
intellectual-property
destroyer… I can't imagine
something that could be
worse than this for the
software business and the
intellectual-property
business.”
- Jim Allchin, Microsoft - 2001
“We don't pick on
Microsoft any more, it's
like kicking a puppy."
- Jim Zemlin, Executive Director,
The Linux Foundation.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13825348@N03/2300963596/sizes/z/in/photostream/
What do you need?
•Innovation
•Cost savings
•Risk mitigation
Drupal and Open Source give you:
•Innovation
•Cost savings
•Risk mitigation
$1.100.000.000
Drupal passes the truck test ...
Drupal today
2% of the web
17,000+ developers
15,000+ modules
300,000+ downloads/month
1.5M unique visitors/month
55 supported languages
FREE
The world’s largest open source projects:
Linux, KDE, Apache, Drupal, Eclipse,
Perl+CPAN, Mozilla+Addons, Gnome
Henrik Ingo: http://openlife.cc/blogs/2010/november/how-
grow-your-open-source-project-10x-and-revenues-5x
“Linux is a transformational technology.
Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat - http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/17/red-hat-ceo-at-linuxcon-i-have-no-idea-whats-next/
“The technology of Linux empowers
advancements and innovations that have
nothing to do with the technology of Linux.
That is to say ...
“Linux supports the development of
new business models, as well as
new technologies.”
"In the world of computer software, open source
communities develop and improve ideas
organically, based on concepts and practices that
work. Driven by innovation contributed by
individuals, open source simply means that a
system is available to any who wish to contribute.
It provides the fastest possible rate of
improvement for ideas."
One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic.
- Lawrence Lessig, 2012
Open Source Software: You are free to
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
Study it: understand what you are using
Modify it: fix it, make it better
Share it: redistribute, sell, give back
True Value – Open Source
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
Study it: understand what you are using
Modify it: fix it, make it better
Share it: redistribute, sell, give back
True Value – Open Source
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever ...
... and (sort of) for free.
Free does work ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42934556@N00/245866252/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Hey! It’s free!
Zero ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/6086350983/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Proprietary Open Source
IT Costs IT Costs
Personnel Personnel
Hosting Hosting
Bandwidth Bandwidth
Design Design
(Recurring) Licensing fees No licensing fees
Invest in your team
Invest what/when you need
Vendor lock-in 1000s of vendors
Data lock-in (buy it back?) You own your data
Vendor roadmap Your needs
Vendor release cycle When you need it
When it happens Cutting edge
True Value – Open Source
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
Study it: understand what you are using
Transparency ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralasian/5329431523/sizes/l/in/photostream/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/nov/08/cesg-open-source-security
What about security?
Thank you:
True Value – Open Source
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
Study it: understand what you are using
Modify it: fix it, make it better
Drupal is innovation ...
Open Source
Collaboration
Community
Innovation
Innovation
“Users generally have a much more
accurate and detailed model of their
needs than manufacturers have ...”
Eric von Hipple,
Democratizing Innovation
True Value – Open Source
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
Study it: understand what you are using
Modify it: fix it, make it better
Share it: redistribute, sell, give back
Speed via reuse ...
True Value – Open Source
Use it: for anything, anywhere, forever
Study it: understand what you are using
Modify it: fix it, make it better
Share it: redistribute, sell, give back
Control your own destiny ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/popculturegeek/4534090770/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Thank you ...
Jeff Eaton - Lullabot
Betsey Emsley, Jeff Walpole - Phase://
Robert Douglass,
Andrew Melck, ScottTextDavis - Acquia
Anna Lang, Ivo Radulovski - ProPeople
And thank you!
[email protected]
@horncologne
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
Acquia Manager of Community Affairs
[email protected] @horncologne
@acquia
