ITFest 2014, E2, Some cases of open source products that have great impact in recent years. A Talk about some hot topics in recent years.

1. Some Cases of Open Source
products that have Great
impact in Recent Years
by wanleung
IT Fest 2014

2. Open Source?
WIKI: In production and development,
open source as a development model
promotes
a) universal access via free license to a
product's design or blueprint, and
b) universal redistribution of that design
or blueprint, including subsequent
improvements to it by anyone.

3. –Linus Torvalds
“In real open source, you have the
right to control your own destiny.”

4. Hot Topics
Arduino
Introduced in 2005,
it was designed to
give students an
inexpensive and
easy way to
program interactive
objects.

7. Hot Topics
Raspberry Pi
early concept at
2006 in UK
2012 on sale
Impact on school
education in UK

8. Hot Topics
RepRap (3D printer)
Started at 2005
The basic model of
all low-end 3D
printers on the
market

10. Hot Topics
WIKIPEDIA
Started in 2001, it
currently contains
4,489,219 articles.
Freely Editable by
anyone

11. Hot Topics
Linux?
Started at 1991
Lots of systems are running on Linux
Not only servers
Android Phones, routers (WRT, thx
Linksys), embedded system (TV Box…)

12. More Hot Topics
Firefox OS
OLPC
Node.js
Ruby on Rail
Agile
and more, more, more

13. Impacts?
The Internet is much easier to share things
nowadays
More people can involved
all things are opened, anyone can use the
pervious ideas and works, make
improvement and share their owns
No longer to re-invent the wheels, new
things and new idea are getting faster

14. –Linus Torvalds
“In open source, we feel strongly
that to really do something well, you
have to get a lot of people
involved.”

15. Thanks
http://opensource.hk