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Run your business on FOSS
Russell SearlePrincipal Consultant, Psicom
Melbourne Joomla! User Group27 March 2013
Maroondah Business Association7 May 2014
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FOSS applications
• FOSS = Free Open Source Software• A free open source business app:
• Publicly offers at least one free edition or version• Publicly offers full source code for at least the free
edition• Is licensed under an Open Source Initiative license
• Established, reliable, powerful solutions• Well supported by very large global developer and user communities
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Free?• Free as in beer
• Gratis [Lat] = free of charge, zero price• Many FOSS apps are free of charge, but not all
• Free as in speech• Libre [Lat] = liberty, few or no restrictions on use• Open Source licencing guarantees open access to source• Open access to source = you control it, change whatever you want
• Free ≠ cheap and nasty• FOSS apps compete with proprietary licenced apps• FOSS apps have largest market share in many segments• Proprietary apps often use FOSS code and components
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Web hosting package• Web administrator control panel
• cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, Ajenti etc.
• LAMP• Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP / Perl / Python
• LAMP apps are FOSS by default
• Groups of tools:• Email management• File management• Domain management• Security control• Administration• Package installers
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Web hosting package installers
• Commonly provided with most web hosting plans:• Fantastico• Softaculous• Installatron
• Run from web hosting control panel (cPanel etc)• Package installers provide:
• Rapid install, uninstall and version updates• Demos• Descriptions and links to product home site• Ratings and reviews
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Softaculous applications
• Blogs• Micro blogs• Portals/CMS• E-Commerce• ERP• Education• Forums• Image galleries• Wikis• Social networks• Ad management• Calendars
• Games• Mail• Polls/surveys• Project management• Guest books• Customer service• Music• Video• RSS• File managers• Other• Frameworks
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Softaculous demo
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A few examples• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• WordPress powers 22% of all web domains (by some counts)• Joomla! runs 3.1% of all sites, Drupal runs 1.9% of all sites
• e-Commerce / Shopping carts• Magento, VirtueMart, OpenCart, many others
• Customer Relationship Management systems (CRM)• SaaS (subscription model) and proprietary vendors dominate• Worthy FOSS contenders: Sugar, CiviCRM, X2CRM, Zurmo,
vTiger
• Business systems (ERP)• Proprietary vendors dominate by inertia and default• Many worthy FOSS contenders: OpenERP, OFBiz, WebERP,
FrontAccounting, allocPSA etc
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Real online FOSS businesses• Blogs / e-books / vlogs / podcasts
• Direct and/or indirect income
• e-Commerce / online shops• Directories• Social media / communities / membership• Auctions / trading• Job boards• News / media / digital distribution / internet radio• e-learning• Gaming / hobbies• Specialty publishing / art galleries
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