Need feedback and input for a talk/paper - Linuxers

27 Aug 2006


      Hi All,
I am planing to give a small talk on FOSS - Road Ahead @ FreeDel. I
would highly appreciate your input and feedback on the topic.
TIA for your help and support.
Topic:
Free and Open Source Software - Customers, Consumers, Communities and Society
Format:
40-minute seminar-style presentations with 10 minutes for Q&A
Abstract:
Today, there is lot of talk of GNU/Linux adoption in all walks of
life. However, in spite of superior technology, freedom, security, open
standards, low cost and other advantages of FOSS the ground reality of
the penetration of FOSS in main stream IT infrastructure remains poor
to below average.
In this paper we will look @ the perceptions of the various stack
holders in FOSS and  what are the required steps to be taken by
current stack holders to bring in the acceleration of the adoption of
FOSS in the mainstream IT infrastructure.
Here is the draft out-line of the presentation.
Introduction
Preamble
Definitions
       Customer
       Consumer
       Community
Society
Perspectives
       Customer / Consumer
               Needs and Expectation
       FOSS / Community
               Needs and Expectation
       Proprietary / Business
               Needs and Expectation
Facts and Statistics
       Market Segments
               Servers / Workstations
               Desktop
               Embedded / Appliance
               Education / Academic
               High Performance
       Adoption
Behavior and Expectations
       Customer
       Consumer
       Community
       Business
Road Ahead
--
--Dinesh Shah :-)