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The Open Source Software Seminar 2003 - Monday 4 August 2003

See also The Second Open Source Seminar - Friday 3 March 2006

The opportunities and challenges for using Open Source Software (OSS) to provide a fit-for-purpose, value-for-money solution were explored at a one-day seminar hosted by GOVIS at the Copthorne Hotel, Wellington Plimmer Towers on August 4th.

GOVIS invited Chief Information Officers (CIO's), Chief Technology Officers (CTO's), agency ICT professionals and other interested parties to this seminar, so they could informed their decision making on OSS.

In its briefing paper on OSS, the E-government Unit of the State Services Commission has stated that agencies should make decisions on the use of software on cost, function, interoperability, and security grounds.

This seminar provided a broad and balanced overview of the issues associated with OSS, including the total cost of ownership, security, legal issues and availability of support.

E-government Unit briefing paper on OSS:
http://www.e.govt.nz/docs/open-source-200303/
 

GOVIS is grateful to the New Zealand Computer Society, who handled registrant bookings on our behalf.

Links to the presentations are being added to this and the speakers page as they are received.

 
     
  AGENDA  
  8.45- 9.00 Opening remarks (Word) Mike Pearson,
Vice-President,
GOVIS 		 
  9.00- 9.40: 
 		 Open Source Strategy (Powerpoint)
  • What's open source software and why is it different?
  • Which open source products should firms use?
  • Where does Linux fit?
  • What's the best deployment strategy for Linux?

video/audioconference (5.30pm Boston)

Ted Schadler,
Analyst,
Forrester Research, U.S.		  
  9.40-10.30 Open Source Software and the Role of Linux in the Public Sector Mary Ann Fisher,
Linux Program Director,
Public Sector,
IBM Corporation, U.S. 		 
  10.30-11.00 Morning Tea    
  11.00-11.40 Open Source Software - the Microsoft’s guy’s perspective (Powerpoint)
  • The relationship between commercial and non-commerical software
  • The Shared Source initiative
  • Reality vs hype
Brett Roberts,
Microsoft NZ		  
  11.40-12.30 Linux or Windows - what's right for your business? (Powerpoint)

Over a period of three months, New Zealand Post - along with its technology partner, Datacom - undertook an extensive evaluation process of both Windows and Linux, including a proof of concept on both platforms. They assessed licensing, the likely support and management costs, migration timeframes and costs, and the remote support considerations.

 Stuart Wakefield,
Technology Architecture Director,
New Zealand Post		  
  12.30-13.30 Lunch    
  13.30-14.10 Broadening and deepening the Open Source debate (PDF)
  • a Sun perspective
  • The Star Office / Open Office example

 

 Duncan Bennet, Director, Linux Products, Sun Microsystems Australia and New Zealand  
  14.10-15.00 Australian - Open Computing for Government (OCG) initiative (Powerpoint) Gordon Hubbard,
Chairman,
Australian Unix and Open Systems Users Group (AUUG)		  
  15.00-16.10  Afternoon Tea / Birds of a Feather    
  16.10-16.50 Panel Discussion Brendan Boyle,
E-government Unit

Chair

  
  16.50-17.00  Closing Remarks    
  17.00-18.00 Networking Session    
   

 

  

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