Hi everyone
I am invited to give a presentation in Japan (Aizu University - DALI
Workshop, the URL is:http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/~vilb/dali/)
The workshop is premised on the notion that by adopting oss at a national
infrastructure level, a country can stimulate local enterpreneurship
with
further benefits to society as a whole.
I would appreciate any feedback - thanks in advance for any ideas and
comments
I have also attached the abstract of my presentation which somehow presents
the structure I am about to follow
Here it is:
Abstract
Despite the fact that software premised on open standards is deeply
rooted
in the history of software development, it was not until recently that
the
open source paradigm garnered a critical mass and crossed the chasm
to
dynamically enter the mainstream business arena. Its peculiarity as
a
development model has stimulated interest towards many directions,
most
significant being how public policy is formulated in the face of
ever-complex technological disruption and business turbulence.
Open source demonstrates the opportunity to reap full benefit out of
minimisation of costs, customisation of software to local languages
and
cultures, reduced dependency on imported technology and skills and,
lower
barriers to entry for software businesses combined with the ability
to
participate in a global interdependent network.
For the implications presented by this sea change to be managed organically
and flourish, as well as the development life cycle, the sense of a
local
community must be implanted along with coherent mechanisms to streamline
the process: aggregation points (virtual roof) to provide information
centred value – added services, parallel development to harness both
radical and sustaining innovation and, decentralised (modular) delegation
of responsibility and control to eliminate the need for scholastic
control
over human resources.
On these grounds, adoption of OSS at a national infrastructure level
can
potentially enable efficient markets to operate under rich dissemination
of
information which is thoroughly scrutinised within the boundaries of
the
global development network to ensure that all market participants are
well
positioned to seize benefits and keep the market highly competitive.
Paradoxically, open source is the most effective win-win strategy when
the
issue (project under development) is so complex and has over reaching
consequences for the industry that demands for collaborative synergy
and
knowledge which cannot be generated by a single organisation.
Best Regards
George
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