From Linux to Beyond

Hesham El Komy
Head of Marketing, Middle East
and Africa
15 Zul al-Qi`dah 1431
23 October 2010
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With a Lever Long Enough...
“Large ocean liners, tankers, aircraft carriers, and other massive vessels have equally
massive rudders. However, even the sturdiest rudder axle would snap under the
pressures of battling the inertia and water pressure resisting its attempt to change the
direction of one of these behemoths. That is why, on the trailing edge of these giant
rudders, there is a thin strip of steel called a trim tab. A relatively small motor turns the trim
tab, which can withstand the relatively small water pressure against it. That pressure is
translated to the massive rudder, which responds by turning in the opposite direction, and
redirecting the entire ship.”
-- David Galiel, A Lever Long Enough

n.b. The open source model enables millions of tiny levers, loosely connected, to change
even the most intransigent companies, industries, and paradigms.

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Agenda

 The start of Open Source

 Red Hat – The Open Source Evangelists
 The Enterprise Software Market
 The Participation Model
 Making Open Source Enterprise Consumable
 Who...Open Source
 Why Open Source
 What Matters in Adoption
 An Upside to the Downturn

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It All Started With Linux...

Richard Stallman Linus Torvalds

“GNU” “Linux”

Open Source Community built a platform for

>50M Users
Mission Critical Systems

Highly Secure Systems

Real Time Systems

Platform Independent Systems

Set the bar for “Open Standards”

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Red Hat – The Open Source Evangelists

Founded IPO in
in 1993 1999
Approx. 3500
employees 2200+
ISV partners

67 offices in 3400+ certified

29 countries applications

World's No. 1 provider of open source technology

Biggest single contributor to Linux kernel code

include NYSE – Euronext, Amazon.com, Avis, RTA, Qatar
Clients
Exchange, Emirates

Offers an entire ecosystem, not just products and services

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Estimated Software Market~180Bn

ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE REPRESENTS ~ $50B

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Making Open Source Enterprise Consumable
Development Direction
Quality Control
Release Management
Certification
ISV Programmes

Phone Support
Bug Fix
Updates
Professional
Services

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Who...Open Source

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How...Open Source

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What Really Matters on Software Adoption?
Open Source Software
From Linux to
Beyond...
Questions

Thank You