Free and Open Source Software and Hardware for Your Career
summary
Argues that Free and Open Source Software and Hardware speed development, teach deeper skills, and keep money and jobs local: IBM shifts from 3–5% hardware margins to 19% services; Ball Music removes proprietary software after a $40,000 penalty. Case study: a St. Petersburg turbine lab uses Linux, Tk, Apache, MySQL and implements small changes in three days versus ten months on proprietary stacks. Cites 67% desktop piracy in Argentina, 96% in Asia/Africa and US 34% as drivers of local skill and economic loss.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:27Jons background
- 1:09What is open source
- 2:01What is free software
- 2:45Permissive and Restrictive
- 4:05Piracy
- 8:35What do programmers value
- 11:28What do open source developers value
- 13:04How can open source improve programmers skills
- 14:29Case studies IBM and Pricewaterhousecooper
- 17:00Case study Turbine Test Bed
- 18:41Close Source Software
- 20:18Audience Questions
- 21:21Richard Stallman
- 22:20Digital Privacy
- 24:34Impact of Free Software
- 26:01Ethical Licenses
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