Open Source: the fundamental building block of technology

Jim Zemlin August 20th, 2014

Linaro has a big impact on the Linux Kernel.

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Linaro is the number 5 contributor for the 3.11 - 3.16 kernel release.

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What is the role of Linaro and other collaborative bodies in the technology

industry today?

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The landscape of mass collaboration is changing.

“Software Is Eating The World.” - Marc Andreessen, Wall St. Journal 2011

“Open Source ‘Eating’ Software World”

- Ibrahim Haddad, Samsung, Wall St. Journal 2014

Open Source is the new “Pareto Principle” for

software development.

Moving to Strategic Use of Open Source

29%

80% OSS

Average * Best in class * Source: Gartner Group

Moving to Strategic Use of Open Source

29%

80% OSS

Average * Best in class * Source: Gartner Group

Your value add

Consortium and Foundations Enable Structured Investment

in Shared Code

Scalable Open Source Collaboration has a Common Set of Requirements

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•  Incorpora)on,  Tax  status,  Bylaws,  Member  Agreements,  An)-­‐trust,  etc.  •  Ongoing  business  development  and  membership  recruitment  

Governance  and  Membership  

•  Technical  Decision  Making  •  Project  Life  Cycle  •  Release  Process  

Shared  Development  

•  Custom  infrastructure  using  open  source  best  prac)ces  •  Security  and  reliability  Infrastructure  

• Marke)ng  •  Events  •  Training  

Ecosystem  Development  

•  Code  Provenance  •  Trademark  management  •  Legal  defense  and  Collabora)on  

IP  Management  

Open source is playing a much larger role in innovation and interoperability

Standards  SeMng   Open  Source  

Examples of recent Linux Foundation projects

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Core Inrastructure Initiative - initiative to improve internet security and stability. Key Members: Amazon Web Services, Adobe, Bloomberg, Cisco, Dell, Facebook, Fujitsu, Google, Hitachi, HP, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, NetApp, RackSpace, Salesforce.com, Vmware AllSeen Alliance – IoT Effort for the discovery and interoperability of things across brands, categories and platforms. Over 60 Members: Electrolux, Haier, LG, Microsoft, Panasonic, Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., Sharp, Silicon Image, Technicolor and TP-Link. Automotive Grade Linux – Open source reference implementation for future “automotive cockpit.” Key members: Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Hyundai, Bosch, Denso, Harmon, Panasonic, Intel, Renesas. Open Virtualization Alliance – Founded to promote KVM technology in enterprise. Over 100 supporting members including: IBM, Red Hat, Intel, Netapp, HP

Examples of Linux Foundation projects (cont….)

OpenDaylight: 130+ developer FTEs dedicated to project Key Members: Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, Ericsson, Dell, HP, IBM, Juniper, Microsoft, NEC, Red Hat, Vmware Xen Project Key Members: Amazon Web Services, AMD, Bromium, Calxeda, CA Technologies, Cisco, Citrix, Google, Intel, Oracle, Samsung and Verizon OpenMAMA Key Members: NYSE Technologies, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, EMC, Exegy, Fixnetix, IBM, Interactive Data, Tick42, TS-Associates Code Aurora Forum Key Members: Borqs, Genymobile, Giga-Byte, Igalia, Innominds, Motorola, Qualcomm Aeros, Qualcomm Innovation Center, SIM Technology, SpectraCore Technologies, Teleca, ThunderSoft Tizen Key Members: Samsung, Intel, Docomo, Orange, KT, Fujitsu, Vodafone, SKT Yocto Project Key Members: Juniper, Huawei, Mentor Graphics, Texas Instruments, Sakoman, OpenEmbedded eV, MontaVista, Intel, Inea AB, Wind River Systems

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What is an open source blockbuster?

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What does an open source blockbuster look like? §  9 code changes per hour §  $10.8 billion shared R&D investment §  Millions of developers §  65% of smart mobile devices §  95% of high performance computing market §  55% of embedded systems market §  40% of enterprise server market §  90% of world’s stock exchanges

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These numbers are important. But not enough.

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Helping an 11 year old boy have “the best day of his life” is the ultimate measure of success.

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Sharing

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You can better yourself, better your

company and better the world

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Thank you.

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