I-2 Open Source definition
There are a lot of definitions about Open Source.The best and the easiest definition I found was the one I made by crossing some different sources of information.
This definition cannot be well done without the describing what we call the "source code".
The source code is the intelligible and understandable version by a human being of a computer programme.
This source code is written in a language called "programmation",known by programmers.It described with words and formulas how the software is precisely running.This source code is not directly usable by the computer, it is therefore translated in a machine code or executable code.
Because now we know what is the source code we can easily explain what "Open Source" means.
Open Source definition: the code source of the software is available to users.
As a comparison if the Open Source software was a dish you could know how it has been made(his composition in fact).
The Open Source definition includes also the possibility of modifying,improving and redistributing it.
The opposite of an open source software is a proprietary sofwtare.
Proprietary software is a computer software with restrictions on copying and modifying placed on it by the creator or distributor.
I think you understood that as a comparison if a proprietary software was a cooked dish , it would be impossible to know its composition,neither the way it had been cooked.And it would be forbidden to try to guess.Impossible to improve the way it had been made, and forbidden to give a piece of it to your friend who is starving to death.
dimanche 23 novembre 2008
OSS for companies: Why this report?
I- INTRODUCTION
I-1 Why this report?This report has been written for the integration following the written exam passed of the Information and Communication Technology course attended at the University of Trento in year 2007.
I choose this topic for many reasons.First because I am an Open Source user and secondly because this is a nowadays topic.
Who never heard about Linux or OpenOffice?
Most of the time these solutions are used as an alternative of cost reduction which is closely connected to our ICT course which is to analyze IT on an economic point of view.
This report has been also made to know more about these two software and to analyze the acquisition of such IT solutions inside a company.
Moreover a lot of people are speaking about Linux without knowing what it is really,I was one of them before starting to make this report.This is why I developed one specific part to this solution.
For a personal point of view I was curious of discovering what is Linux and I was eager to have the time to study it.
This is for all of these reasons that I decided to study the opportunities of using Open Source solutions for companies.
OSS for companies: Table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I- Introduction
I-1 Why this report?
I-2 Open Source definition
I-3 Brief history of the open source phenomenon
II- Open Source solutions for companies
II-1 What is today the place of Open Source solutions in companies?
II-1.1 Open Source Applications in companies
II-1.2 Trends towards the Open Source Applications in the coming years
II-2 Some examples of some Open Source solutions(Linux,OpenOffice)
II-2.1-Open Office
II-2.1.1-Presentation of the software
II-2.1.2-Price of the software and consequences of it
II-2.1.3-Advantages and drawbacks
II-2.2-Linux
II-2.2.1-Presentation of Linux
II-2.2.2- Main complaints about Linux
II-2.2.3-Linux versus Windows
II-3 Pros and cons of adopting such solutions for your company
II-4 How to migrate to FOSS?
II-5 Who are the FOSS providers?
II-6 Why people are participating in FOSS communities?
III-Conclusion
IV-Annex
IV-1 References
IV-2 Glossary
vendredi 21 novembre 2008
Google: Conclusion
IV - Conclusion
Even and it is true that we could have some things to say regarding how Google targeted Asia which remain until now the place where Google have the most difficulties to enter, we cannot deny that Google did an incredible work in terms of international marketing.
In ten years it has covered almost all the planet with more than 60% of the market(and it is growing year after year). We could even think at least for Europe that most of the users are Google dependent.
His secret is coming from a mere idea of his creators Larry Page and Sergey Brin(both engineers): a very simple tool and easy to use.
It was that simple and that easy that making it available to the all world seemed to have been a kid game(easy to translate and to export through the net).
We however still have some questions tags regarding his implementation in Asia and moreover on four countries:
Why is it facing a so fierce competition in China, South Korea and Japan whereas it is the only three countries to which it accepts to make a specific customization?
Why his main competitor is far better than him in this area?
| Rank | Japan | South Korea | China | Russia |
| 1st | Yahoo: 64% | Naver: 77% | Baidu: 60,9% | Yandex or Mail.ru: 47,61% |
| 2nd | Google: 29,6% | Daum: 10,8% | Google: 27% | Google 25,67% |
| 3rd | Microsoft: 2,8% | Yahoo: 4,4% | Sogou: 3,1% | Rambler 12,17% |
| 4th | Others: 3,6% | Google: 1,7% | Yahoo: 2,4% | Mail.ru 5,53% |
| 5th |
| Others: 6,1% | Others: 6,6% | Others: 9,02% |
Google: Drivers of internationalization
III – 8 Drivers of internationalization
Demand drivers: when Google just started to come out the demand was high and this all over the world. Such a service was needed. The ones which were on the market were too complicated. A mere product was needed.
Cost drivers: Google is by chance a cheap product. Easy to acquire a domain name and few translations to handle in order to make the product available abroad.
Government drivers: none, even if installed firstly in the Silicon Valley I wonder if Google has not been well helped by the American Government
Technical drivers: Google operating on Internet when it was a real boom it has been for sure well driven.
Competition drivers: There was a competition at that time but other services were young as well so it was possible to make the difference. Or the main other search engines have been trapped by their starting strategies as Yahoo for the translation of its home page.
In order to conclude I would say that the launch of Google abroad has been helped by the situation at that time. It was really favorable for it.
Demand drivers: when Google just started to come out the demand was high and this all over the world. Such a service was needed. The ones which were on the market were too complicated. A mere product was needed.
Cost drivers: Google is by chance a cheap product. Easy to acquire a domain name and few translations to handle in order to make the product available abroad.
Government drivers: none, even if installed firstly in the Silicon Valley I wonder if Google has not been well helped by the American Government
Technical drivers: Google operating on Internet when it was a real boom it has been for sure well driven.
Competition drivers: There was a competition at that time but other services were young as well so it was possible to make the difference. Or the main other search engines have been trapped by their starting strategies as Yahoo for the translation of its home page.
In order to conclude I would say that the launch of Google abroad has been helped by the situation at that time. It was really favorable for it.
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