Does Open Source Software, Such Perl or Linux, Belong in Corporations? |
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Does Open Source Software, Such Perl or Linux, Belong in Corporations?
Orador: J. Brent Michalski
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I. Introduction
II. Myths
· If it is free, it can't be good
· There are no good applications
· There is no support for OSS, it's free
· OSS is not as secure as commercial software, hackers…
· OSS is full of bugs
· There is no training for OSS
· OSS is not stable/reliable
· No "real" businesses use OSS
· No "sane" business is just going to give their source code away
III. Facts
IV. Some other reasons and examples…
· Bankrupt companies
· Lower Cost
· No Upgrade loop
· Platforms
· Scalability
· Configurability
V. Conclusion
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CV do Orador |
J. Brent Michalski |
Work Experience |
1998- Internet/Intranet Developer, Romac International
1998- E-Commerce Development, Garfield Refining (Part-time)
1997-1998 Intranet Solution Programmer, The Boeing Corporation
1995-1997 Internet/Intranet Development, United States Air Force
1994-1995 Computer Networking, United States Air Force |
Formal Education |
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems; National American University, Ellsworth AFB South Dakota.
- Air Force Computer Systems Operator Course, Keesler AFB, Mississippi.
- Distinguished honor graduate; graduated with a 99% average.
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Published Articles |
- Online Quizzer Version 1.1, January 8, 1999. WebReview.com
- An Online Quizzer, December 18, 1998. WebReview.com
- My Favorite Perl Functions, December 4, 1998. WebReview.com
- Searching Newsgroups with Perl, November 20, 1998. WebReview.com
- Scoring a Web Page with Perl and LWP, October 30, 1998. WebReview.com
- Revisiting the Database Application, October 23, 1998. WebReview.com
- Perl in the Real World, October 21, 1998. Perl.com
- Handling Files with Filehandles, October 16, 1998. WebReview.com
- A Complete Database Application in Perl, October 9, 1998. WebReview.com
- Modifying Data in the Data File, September 25, 1998. WebReview.com
- Deleting Records from a Data File, September 11, 1998. WebReview.com
- Searching a Data File, September 4, 1998. WebReview.com
- Working with Data Files, August 21, 1998. WebReview.com
- CGI File Uploading, August 14, 1998. WebReview.com
- Serving Cookies to your Visitors, August 7, 1998. WebReview.com
- CGI Troubleshooting Tips, July 31, 1998. WebReview.com
- Web Page Updates Through CGI, July 24, 1998. WebReview.com
- How Perl Creates Orders For The Air Force, July 22 1998. Perl.com
- Quick and Simple Data Searching, July 17, 1998. WebReview.com
- Handling Forms in Perl with CGI.pm, July 10, 1998. WebReview.com
- Handling Forms in Perl, June 26, 1998. WebReview.com
- CGI Programming with Perl, June 12, 1998. WebReview.com
- Database Searching With Perl, May 18, 1998. www.webresource.net
- CGI Forms, April 8, 1998. www.webresource.net
- Beginning CGI Programming, March 1998. www.webresource.net
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