1. Open Source @ SAP
The usage of Open Source in the SAP Java stack
Krasimir Semerdzhiev
Helios Eclipse Demo Camp,
Sofia/Bulgaria
June 2010

2. Introduction
SAP & Open source
Open Source process
Developers perspective on Open Source
Some SAP samples of Eclipse contribution

3. Introduction

4. Two completely different worlds
closed source

5. Did you know ...
... that SAP is “Source Open”
since the early days of SAP R/3?

6. Did you know …
... SAP started supporting
Linux as early as 1999?

7. Did you know …
... that SAP is a founding member
of the Eclipse Foundation and
has a leading role in a number of
Eclipse projects ?

8. Open source process

9. SAP consumes and contributes to Open
Source Software …
Inbound
SAP
Outbound

10. Open Source Process @ SAP …
Back into the year 2005 …

11. Open Source Process @ SAP …
After 1,5 years …

12. Open Source Process Today …

13. Open Source Process
Standard and interface of the proposal …

14. Open Source Process
What is the business case ?

15. Open Source Process
What about license and intellectual property ?

16. Developer perspective

17. There are many reasons why WE CAN NOT use
Open Source …

18. Why Not #1 ?
Open source and standards are not adopted …

19. Why Not #2 ?
We do not have resources and travel budget …

20. Why Not #3 ?
We do not deliver any value …

21. Why Not #4 ?
We will loose our IP …

22. Why Not #5 ?
The community won‘t let us work …

23. Why Not #6 ?
It is not secure …

24. Why Not #7 ?
Because we need full control …

25. Why Not #8 ?
We can not support it…

26. Why Not #9 ?
We can not wait, we need to deliver now …

27. Why Not #10 ?
We know it better …

28. Open Source trip from a Developer
perspective …

30. Some SAP Samples

31. Eclipse has become a broadly used “standard”
for development and management tools

32. WTP: EJB, JPA, WS, etc.

33. Graphiti

34. EGit & JGit

35. Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool
SAP contribution
Incubation project launch
(12 ’07)
Successful graduation
(May ‘10)
Released v1.0 (Helios RC2)
(May ‘10)

36. Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool
Community contributions

37. Eclipse Runtime
Eclipse Equinox: Eclipse P2:
Shell improvements (+ RFC147) Bug fixes
supportability commands Small-footprint headless P2 agent
Inner frameworks detection
Bug fixes Eclipse Virgo & Gemini:
Bug fixes