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Oregon State UniversityOpen Source Lab
Open Source in GovernmentFrom “Why” to “Why Not
”
Presented to the GIS in Action April 18, 2007
Deborah BryantPublic Sector Communities Manager, OSU Open Source Lab
OSU Open Source Lab• Housed at Oregon State University in
Corvallis• 20 staff; 8 full time and 12 students• Located in the Office of Information
Technology• Inception; cost reductions• Maturation; pulling together disparate
OSU Open Source efforts• Success; earned international
reputation as leading Open Source project hosting and support environment
OSL’s Activities• Supports the OSU Mission of
Education, Outreach and Community Building
• Provides managed and collocated hosting of not-for-profit Open Source Software projects
• Engages in leadership and development of OSS projects
• Builds community for OSS• Contributes to the Open IT ecosystem
in Oregon through its expertise and activities
• Public Sector Program
OSL By the Numbers• 40 million unique visitors a day• Hosting 30 OSS projects• Home to Mozilla, Firefox, Open Office, and
Linux Kernel Development (Master Kernel)• 420% ROI to University in 2 years (Nutch
Search Engine)
• Donations from Industry YTD
• Real Networks: $500,000
• Google: $350,000
• Private community donations: $200,000
• Plus equipment donations
Public Sector Program Activities• Connects people and projects in a growing
Community• Subject matter expertise
– State CIO Council – State Data Center– Open Source Applications– Development Resources– Development Models
• Education & Community Building– Government Open Source Conference
Domestic highlights
• City of Newport News• California Air Resources Board• Oregon Department of
Transportation
Egov – new OSS based on Plone
Open Process: eGov Consortium
Shared Software Shared Implementations Shared Support Contracts Collaborative Enhancements Shared Best Practices & Knowledge Base Mutual Aid Shared Services Evolving and Improving Ecosystem nngov.com
Differentiator Products MaturityApplication Servers 3 176 3 176
3 13 1• PerlPerl• Jboss Java Server for Adobe and FileNetJboss Java Server for Adobe and FileNet
Collaboration• OpenOfficeOpenOffice• JavaMail API Version 1.2JavaMail API Version 1.2
DBMS• MySQLMySQL• jTDS JDBC Driver version 1.2jTDS JDBC Driver version 1.2
Development Tools
• Apache Axis Web Services Version 1.1 1021 Apache Axis Web Services Version 1.1 1021 • Apache Tomcat Version 4.1Apache Tomcat Version 4.1• Apache XML Security Version 1.0.5D2 Apache XML Security Version 1.0.5D2 • BlueJBlueJ• Castor XML Data binding Library Ver 9.5.2/9.5.4 Castor XML Data binding Library Ver 9.5.2/9.5.4 • Jakarta Tomcat Connector 1.2.15Jakarta Tomcat Connector 1.2.15• Java API for Servlets Version 2.3.1Java API for Servlets Version 2.3.1• Java Run Time Environment (JRE) 1.4 Java Run Time Environment (JRE) 1.4 • XML Parser required by Axis Ver 2.5.0 (Xerces)XML Parser required by Axis Ver 2.5.0 (Xerces)• Eclipse IDE (Java development)Eclipse IDE (Java development)• GnomeGnome• Java Development Kit (JDK 1.4.2_07)Java Development Kit (JDK 1.4.2_07)• jEditjEdit• PHPPHP• PythonPython
Integration Service• OpenSTAOpenSTA• JMagick Version 5.5.7 Q8 JNI APIJMagick Version 5.5.7 Q8 JNI API
Presentation• FireFox BrowserFireFox Browser• Paint .NET & GIMP: Image editingPaint .NET & GIMP: Image editing• ThunderbirdThunderbird
Instances
2 22 2 2 12 1
2 7 2 7 2 12 1
5 15 1 5 795 79 4 14 1 4 24 2 1 341 34 5 15 1 5 15 1 5 4,500+5 4,500+ 5 15 1 5 165 16 4 14 1 5 1815 181 4 34 3 3 63 6 4 4324 432 1 11 1 1 11 1
Operating System • LinuxLinux 1 681 68 1 971 97 2 22 2 2 12 1
1=Low; 5=High
Plus Mainframe Linux PartitionPlus Mainframe Linux Partition
Lessons Learned: early entrants• Oregon Department of
Administrative Services• Help Desk Project• Commonwealth of MA• Public Policy with a Big “P”
– Oregon– Oregon– Texas– Minnesota
Asterisk Open Source PBXSIP Audio Conferencing with Recording
Customer Requirements• Remote Hearings for Administrative Law Judges• Recordings of proceedings for disposition• High availability
Cost Options• Proprietary System:
$430,000 for Hardware and Software• Open Source System:
$11,500 for Hardware• Staff Time for configuration and testing similar for
both options
Asterisk Open Source PBXSIP Audio Conferencing with Recording
Emerging Projects
• Industry recognizing need for vertical applications
• Former ODSL CEO starts CSI• Eclipse community initiates
Open Health Information Project at OSU
• OthersMy Destination Portal
• Global Open eGOv project out of Stanford
Getting Started• The value of Open Source to
government IT is not the application, it’s the model.
• Network with your peers• Learn by doing in a managed
environment• Policy, light touch• Recommended reading:
– “Succeeding with Open Source” by Bernard Golden
– Visit the www.goscon.org for great materials
– Attend GOSCON Oct 15-16 in Portland.
Thanks!Any questions?
For more information:
Public Sector Communities Manager: Deborah.Bryant@oregonstate.edu
The Lab: www.osuosl.org
The Conference: www.goscon.org
Good definition of OSS terms & context: www.wikipedia.org
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