Open is the New Norm

Sega Cheng ( 程世嘉 )

iKala CEO

Today we are gonna talk about “Open”

Let’s start with some stories

1960s: Era of Huge, Complex OS

Source: http://www.multicians.org/mulimg/multics-nc-plate.jpgSource: http://finance.sina.com/bg/tech/sinacn/20110407/0150259511.html

Different fates of OS/360 and Multics

• Multics is a disaster

• OS/360 is a huge success (largely due to Fred Brooks)

Doesn’t matter. Bell Labs then picked up what Multics left

behind

1974: Unix Announced

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Unix_history.sv

Bell Labs released Unix source code to universities, suddenly

boosting Unix adoption

1991: Linux Kernel Posted

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Tux.svg

2003: Andy Rubin founded Android Inc.

!!??

2003: Andy Rubin founded Android Inc.

2003: Andy Rubin founded Android Inc.

2013: MySQL → MariaDB Exodus

Source: http://www.vps.net/blog/2013/02/07/will-mariadb-be-the-ultimate-savior-from-mysql/

“Open” is a common theme in these historical stories

4 Stages to Openness

Occasional (1970 - 1990)• Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie creates UNIX• No one knows what open source is except Richard

Stallman• What the hell is “internet”?

1

Contagious (1990 - 2000)• Now we have internet and we use it• Linus Torvalds creates Linux kernel • Businesses start to understand “open source”• Freeware, shareware• Blogs rise in popularity

2

Strategic (2000 - 2010)• Comingled code in IT infrastructure & service• Social media (blogs & social network)• Businesses solve problems by crowdsourcing• Google Android, facebook, Apple iPhone, Twitter

3

Universal (2010 ~)• Customers become aware of “openness”• Open is a necessity, not an option for corporations• People quantify themselves and share publicly• Government open up their data (though reluctantly)• People raise funds through crowdfunding

4

Occasional Contagious Strategic Universal

Implications to Business

Source: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2012/01/04/over-2000-apis-added-in-2011-social-telephony-open-government/

9000 APIsApril 30, 2013

Source: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2013/04/30/9000-apis-mobile-gets-serious/

Source: http://cloudtimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Clouds.cloudtimes.png

Source: http://cloudtimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Clouds.cloudtimes.png

It’s not just about Modularized Internet …

Source: http://www.leiphone.com/api.html

Business Model: Burgeoning Business-to-Developer (B2D) Relationship

Source: http://asanka.abeysinghe.org/2012/02/apis-create-new-relationship-b2d.html

Startup Methodology has changed

Business PlanStealth Mode

NDA…

LeanMVP

Customer DevelopmentAnalytics

Fast iteration

Source: http://www.candocareersolutions.ca/business-plan-writer.jpg

Implications to Business

• Developers/Programmers have never been more important

• Any advantage you may have is transient: speed matters

• Bonding with customers from Day 1

Implications to Individual

Public Self

Be Your Own Curator

2013 bandwave: https://livehouse.in/channel/2013bandwave

Privacy

2013/10/12: Google to Sell Users’ Endorsementshttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/technology/google-sets-plan-to-sell-users-endorsements.html

2013/10/11: Facebook kills search privacy settinghttp://money.cnn.com/2013/10/11/technology/social/facebook-search-privacy/

Source: http://static.techspot.com/articles-info/281/images/privacy-cookies.jpgSource: http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/print/2012/8/3m_privacy_hoodie.jpg

Public Self and Private Self

Source: http://www.nataliedarbeloff.com/oct03blog.html

Implications to Individual

• Be your own curator

• Be vigilant about your privacy and your data

• Find your own balance and strategy

Implications to Organization (especially government)

Open Data

Source http://g0v.tw

Source https://github.com/blog/1657-introducing-government-github-com

A Classic Example

Open Leadership

Top-down Collaborationv.s.Source: http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/global/david/

Implications to Organization

• Open is a necessity, both internal and external, not an option

Imagine an even more Open World

Borgle

faceborgAppleborg

Source: http://searchengineland.com/meet-the-new-borg-google-facebook-apple-54969

Monopolies

What makes them so successful?

Because they are doing the same thing, and they do it perfectly

• Google creates links between human and information

• Apple creates links between human and device

• Facebook creates links between human and human

So “Open” is all about "Establishing Links”

Then what’s next?

Source: http://venitism.blogspot.tw/2013/05/the-internet-of-things.html

Internet of things:links between all objects!

What would this world become?

Source: http://awsomeborgcubes.webs.com/

This is Borg …

A dumb race, a dumb world

Source: http://mountpeaks.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/what-has-the-internet-evolved-into-nowadays/

Our internet today …

Putting them together …

Can you feel/see the differences?

Our world is a lot more versatile, organic, and meaningful

With more links established, not only there will be more innovations, but

every one of us is entitled to explore his/her own purpose in a unique way.

Don’t worry about the Borg.

Connect your voice to the world.