The business and economics of Linux and open source:
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Upper Saddle River, NJ
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2003
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XXII, 242 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0130476773 |
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Contents
Disclaimer and Notices xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Preface xix
Part I Groundwork 1
chapter 1 The Business of Linux and Open Source 3
Linux Adoption 3
Crash Course in Linux and Open Source Lingo 5
Linux Workloads 6
Business Benefits 7
Cost 8
Availability of Trained Resources 8
Support 9
Control and Vendor Independence 10
Software Development 10
Upgrades 11
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Inhibitors to Linux Growth 11
Application Availability 12
Maturity 13
Scalability 13
Business Risk 14
Who s Who in Open Source? 14
Summary 18
chapter 2 Linux—Heart of the Operating System 19
The Operating System 20
The Linux Kernel 22
Kernel Design 22
Linux Kernel Modules 23
Linux Kernel Patches 25
Kernel Fragmentation (or Forking) 25
Linux Kernel Development and Version Control 26
Multi Platform Support 29
Mass Market vs. Non Mainstream Processors 30
Linux on the Desktop 31
Vertical and Horizontal Scalability 32
Embedded Linux 33
Summary 34
chapter 3 Open Source
Navigating the Legal Path to Freedom 35
The Freedom to Be Open Source 36
The Open Source Definition 37
Intellectual Property and Reciprocity 39
Dual Licensing and Copyright Ownership 40
Licenses—Open Source and Non Open Source 42
Open Source Licenses 42
The GPL and LGPL 46
Non Open Source Licenses 50
Export and Cryptography 52
Open Source Development Methodology 52
Contents ix
License 53
Styles 53
Attributes 54
Summary 56
chapter 4 Communities and Organizations 59
Linux 60
Kernel 60
Processors 60
File Systems 62
Device Support 63
Web Services and Application Servers 64
Apache 64
TUX 64
JBOSS 65
Languages 66
GCC 66
Perl 68
Python 68
Desktops and Office Productivity 69
XFree86 69
GNOME 70
KDE 70
Mozilla 72
OpenOffice 72
Databases 73
PostgreSQL 73
MySQL 73
Personal Digital Assistants 73
Handheld Linux 74
Clusters 74
Beowulf 74
Organizations 74
Linux International 75
Free Software Foundation 75
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Open Source Initiative 75
Open Source Development Lab 75
Free Standards Group 76
Embedded Linux Consortium 76
Linux Documentation Project 76
Summary 77
Part II Operational Linux 79
chapter 5 Distributions—Completing Linux 81
Linux Distribution 82
Packages 83
Package Formats 86
Distribution Vendors 87
Mainstream Distributions 87
Geographic Distributions 90
Specialty Distributions 90
Non Linux Operating System Distributions 91
Creating Your Own Distribution 91
Supporting Multiple Distributions 92
Standards 94
Summary 94
chapter 6 The Cost of Linux and Open Source 95
The Costs 96
The Open Source Effect 98
Adapting to an Imperfect Solution 101
Procuring Linux and Open Source Software 102
Contracts 103
Modifying Open Source Software 104
Summary 104
chapter 7 Standards—One Linux 107
Why Standards? 108
Free Standards Group 109
Linux Standards Base 110
Contents xi
LSB Distribution Components 111
Conforming Applications 114
LSB Futures 115
Linux Internationalization 115
Testing and Conformance 116
Specialized Linux Distributions 117
Summary 117
chapter 8 Operations—Using Linux
and Open Source 119
Deployment 119
Geographic Deployments 120
Migration and Coexistence 121
Hardware 122
Data 123
Programming Models 126
Applications 127
Desktop 127
Licensing and Purchasing 128
Support 129
Commercial by Component 129
Integrated End to End 130
Self Support with the Community 130
Influence and Relationships 131
Training 132
Summary 133
Part III Open Source in Business 135
chapter 9 The Corporate Bazaar 137
The Cathedral and the Bazaar 138
Structure Follows Strategy 139
Structural Bazaar 141
Software Engineering VP 143
Technology Team 144
Human Resources 150
Testing and Integration 152
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Finance 153 •
Market Planning 153
Go to Market 154
Other Structural Elements 154
Gated Communities 155
Risks and Issues 156
Summary 157
chapter 10 Value as a Function of Time 159
Pharmaceutical Industry 160
Cost, Value, Return, and Time 161
Recovering from Commodity 163
Open Source Effect on Software 164
Devaluation as a Competitive Advantage 167
Value Stuck in Time 169
Pilot Foundation Classes 169
Jump 170
Summary 173
chapter 11 Business Models—Making Money 175
Know Your Value 176
Commercial Software and Linux 177
Support and Services Tied to Open Source 178
Aggregating and Enhancing 179
Commercializing with a Dual License 180
Hardware 182
Separate Device Interface from Device Functionality 182
Open Documentation to the Hardware Interface 184
Bundling with Hardware 185
End of Life Model 185
Building an Ecosystem 186
Summary 189
chapter 12 Integrating Open Source into Your Business 191
Outbound Open Source 192
Business Case 193 :
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i Implementation 199
I Marketing 201
¦ Maintenance 202
Inbound Open Source 203
Training the Engineers 205
Company Specific Decisions 205
Determining the License 206
Firewall 206
IT Development 207
Indemnification 207
Summary 208
chapter 13 Human Resources—Getting Top Talent 209
Employment Contracts 210
Participation Policies 211
Hiring the Right Person 211
Technology 211
Community Home 212
Maintainer or Contributor 212
Community Visibility and Respect 213
Online Interactions 213
Contributions 214
Geography 215
Count the Hops 215
Structuring the Teams 216
Hiring Visible Leaders 216
Summary 217
appendix A References and Resources 219
appendix B Sample Copyright Assignment 227
appendix C The GNU General Public License 231
Index 239
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