OPEN SOURCE:
High Risk or High Yield?

What is open source?

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

The Culture of Open Source

Research on open source development

Microsoft’s opinion?

The word is out

Your business officer is being encouraged…

Types of open source software

One campus’ open source email system

Characteristics of open source

The Assertions

The Assertions

The Assertions

The Assertions

The Assertions

The Assertions

That was the theoretical part…

Selection, Selection, Selection

Licensing

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High Risk

High Risk

High Risk

High Risk

Lower Risk

Lower Risk

High Yield

Higher Education OS projects

Community Source

Potentially High Yield

Sakai Project

Mellon Foundation Projects

and open source

and open source

So…high risk or high yield?

Practical recommendations

Consortial piloting in Ohio

“Production Piloting”

“Production Piloting”

Resources - Articles

Resources – Web sites