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OPEN-SOURCING FOR ENTERPRISES
What to Open Source and What Not
BENEFITS OF OPEN-SOURCING FOR AN ENTERPRISE
Motivate/Retain Engineers!
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Attract Top Technical Talent
Reduce Development Costs
# Increase Product Quality
$ Good Public Relations
Active community develops and submits new features
“Peer pressure” improves code quality and documentation
Community will find bugs and even fix them
Builds credibility among technical community
Helps establish company as an innovative technology led organization
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ACTIVELY OPEN-SOURCING COMPANIES
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WHAT TO OPEN-SOURCE
• Various Platform Components
• Development Libraries
• Engineering Tools and Utilities
• Deployment Tools
• Monitoring Tools
• Database Clients and Tools
• Testing Frameworks
GENERIC CAPABILITIES THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS
WHAT NOT TO OPEN-SOURCE
• Internal Business Applications
• Business Logic Services
• Data Services
• Data
• Anything related to core business
CAPABILITIES THAT PROVIDE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT PROMOTION
Engineering Blog e.g. http://techblog.netflix.com/
Engineering Twitter Handle (@<Company>Tech)
Tech Meetups Presenting Hosting
Posts to
Hacker News” (Y-Combinator news platform)
Twitter LinkedIn Groups
Groups Google+ Communities
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