Presentation by Dr.Thanachart Numnonda, Software Park Director, at the Open Source Software Festival 2010 on 1 October 2010

1. Open Source Trend to change?
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Thanachart Numnonda
Director
Software Park (Thailand)
1 October 2010

2. Next Major Computing Cycle
Source: Morgan Stanley 2009

3. Source: Morgan Stanley 2010

4. SmartPhones

5. Tablets

6. New Trends
Web 2.0
Web as a Platform
OS/Device independence
Large scale computing
Software as a Service
Cloud Computing
Open Source

7. Past :Open Source
Linux
National OS

9. By 2012, open-source software's impact on
application software will grow to $19 billion,
with a five-year compound annual growth
rate of 44%.
Gartner [Nov 26 2008]
(http:/ / www.gartner.com/ DisplayDocument?id=817618)

10. Present :Open Source
Desktop Software
Infrastructure Software

12. What makes open source software
attractive?
Lower costs
Superior security
Freedom of vendor lock-in
Better quality software
Access to code libraries
Rapid pace of innovation
Freedom of DIY (Do it yourself)

13. Open Source Infrastructure : LAMP
Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP

14. Example : Web Servers

15. Facebook : Infrastructure
60,000 servers
Using open source software
The site is written primarily in the PHP
programming language and uses a
MySQL database.
One of the largest MySQL database
clusters anywhere

16. Google : Infrastructure
450,000 servers
running customized versions of Linux.
Google Web Server
BigTable

17. Wikipedia : Infrastructure
Wikipedia depends on MediaWiki, a
custom-made, free and open source
wiki software
clusters of Linux servers (mainly
Ubuntu)
web servers running the Apache HTTP
Server
Database using MySQL

18. Open Source Desktop
Browser
OpenOffice.org
Thunderbird

19. Browser Comparison Chart
Source : http://dailyshite.com/

20. OpenOffice.org
Originally the German company, Star
Office
OpenOffice.org 3.2; ODF format
Oracle Open Office
The Document Foundation and
LibreOffice

21. Future :Open Source
Ubiquity on the Cloud

22. Cloud Computing : SaaS

23. Cloud Computing : PaaS

24. Open Source Business Model
Service and Support
Installation
Training
Customization
Warranty
Sell Distribution

25. Summary of Change
Proprietary software --> Open Source software
Perpetual licensing --> Subscription based
support
Install on Premise --> Software as a Service
Focus on Technology --> Focus on Business

26. Thank you
thanachart@swpark.or.th
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