Presentation at the INSPIRE Workshop "Concrete steps to implement INSPIRE: synergies between the public and the private sector" - Florence, 24th June 2013
4. Open Source
Crucial for EU
Proprietary Software is mainly built outside EU
Let’s not give up on our best brains!
Grow knowledge here, now!
Push for innovation
Openness foster collaboration
Openness foster innovation
Open Source for Dummies
Select products carefully, engage the community
Give back avoid Vampires & Vendor Lock-in
Account for Professional Support no paying no gain!
Open Source != Free
Plan for the features you need not how many licenses
you need!
5. INSPIRE
Top-down process
Works by imposition
Complexity
We probably need shorter and simpler guidelines!
Adapting to INSPIRE is expensive
Existing products
Existing infrastructure
Existing data repositories
Real world moves faster than
standardization bodies
Open Data & Open Source provides momentum,
let’s use it!
6. Issues & Blockers
Wrong approaches to Open Source
Lack of real R&D funding for SME
Competition from Universities & Foundations
Unclear rules for creating SME networks
Somewhat high standards for bids participation
INSPIRE Complexity
Lack of Knowledge around
INSPIRE at operational
level
7. Conclusions
We work for people
People ask for more data & services
Complexity generate confusion
Confusion generate failures
Innovation
development of new values
solutions that meet new requirements
inarticulate needs
old market needs in new ways
Open Source & Open Data are fostering innovation
INSPIRE does generate business, but could do
better about innovation