I recently presented “Open Source Technologies Unplugged” at the IT Infrastructure Conference in Orlando. This presentation is a quick introduction to OSS followed by an overview of what OSS applications and components are available and 5 things a company can do to get started.
Presentation Slides
The conference had great keynote presentations from Robert X. Cringely, Ray Kurzweil, and Guy Kawasaki. Cringely talked about “The Microsoft Century” (from his upcoming book) which makes the argument that we are at an inflection point between two models: one dominated by large software companies and the other “open” model defined by open standards, open source, and more choices.