[gnulinuxinasia] AsiaOSS 3 symposium (Hanoi)... report on trends in Asia

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AsiaOSS 3 SymposiumHanoi, Vietnam Report : Trends in Asia
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Version 1.2

Imran William Smith, Open Source Development, 

TAD, MIMOS

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Slide Title \  General Asian Trends

- Policy \  Asian Linuxes \  Focusing on Business Models -
- Standardization - Education \ Specific Economies

- Developing - Developed

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General Trends in Asia

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Trend - Strong Government Support \  Almost all Asian Governments have a
stated policy (or are developing one) \ Equal status or preference for open
source \ Significant funding for projects to assist open source \ Motivation
is choice (less Microsoft) + sovereignty + local industry development \ Cost
is not the major motivator:

Developed nations concentrating on other advantages 

Developing nations don't experience full costs of proprietary software
licenses due to high piracy rates.

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Trend - Asia Uses Its Own Linuxes, not just Red Hat etc \  Major
discussion is Asian Linux distribution

 - do we have our own distribution?  
 - or just set of add-ons for other distros?

\  A few strong Linux distributions thriving:

Red Flag (China) Miracle Linux (Japan) (working with Red Flag on 'Asianux')
LinuxTLE (Thailand) Generally these succeed most where there is strong
localization needs.

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Many Nations Focusing on How to Make Money  \  Move from production
(sale of software) to servicing:

 - OSS maintenance  - OSS adaption / configuration  - OSS training  - other
 - assistance and support of OSS users \ Use different licenses (GPL,
 - LGPL, BSD, etc) for different business models.  
 - see http://www.openfoundry.org/en/archives/000388.html 

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Possible Classification of Business Models: \  Hardware Based:

 - You have hardware to sell.   - Software needed with it.    - More control
 - if you use Linux.  - Less money spent on foreign licensing.  - Build a
 - community.  - E.g. Sharp Zaurus - E.g. Many embedded devices.

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Possible Classification of Business Models: \  Service Based:

 - Selling a service related to open source.  - Training.  - Support.  -
 - Consultancy.  - Building / customizing bespoke software.

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Possible Classification of Business Models: \  Developing Software :

 - Business case is more complicated.  - Various ideas e.g. Red Hat, MySQL

Suggestion : 'find a problem in your country and solve it with open source'. 
- If people can't afford it, work out how to lower the cost until they can.

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Additional Thoughts on Business Model \  Developers usually see open source
projects as very creative.  - And they work harder, longer than less
creative project. \ Open source encourages people to say what they think,
including people from outside the organisation.  - You get more valuable
input. \ Open source developers know they are sharing.

 - And they like doing that, put in extra time/work.

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Additional Thoughts on Business Model 2 \  Your organisation may need to adapt:

 - less hierarchical  - more emphasis on sharing, openness  - increase
 - communication through all levels of the organisation - allow leaders to
 - emerge whether or not they are project managers - practise openness - the
 - more the public knows about your work, the more successful you will be

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Trend : Standardization (Technical, Certification) \  Standardization of
Linux 'Linux Standards Base' + ISO standard on Linux - LSB is a description
of a 'standard Linux' + methods to test/prove that (test suites, build
environment, tools etc) - And LSB's work is free (cost + freedom)

\  More standardization of accredited qualification e.g. LPI 

growing in popularity

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Trend : Education \  Most Governments strongly encouraging their
schools +

Universities to teach open source \  Certification is increasingly
important \ Community is helping : HOWTOs, localized documentation

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Country Roundup

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Conclusion \  Asia is moving fast on open source \  Most successful
countries have Government, Community and Industry pushing together \
Important to think about business cases now -

\   It's a new industry, there's money to be made \   But don't delay too
\   long - Malaysia risks being left behind \ Open source does make entering
\   the market easier, but brands and reputations still count for a lot 
\   Alex Banh, Sun Wah Linux 'look for a problem in your country, solve it
\   with open source'

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Q&A \  Or contact us:

http://opensource.mimos.my  opensource <at> mimos.my 

\  My personal details:

Imran William Smith, iwsmith <at> mimos.my

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