Open Source Software: Implementation and Management (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Open Source Software: Implementation and Management 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 18
Intended Audience for This Book 19
How This Book Is Structured 20
Acknowledgements 22
Chapter 1. Open Source Software: Definitions and History 24
1.1 Definition of Terms 24
1.2 A Brief History of Software 29
1.3 Summary 37
Chapter 2. Where Open Source Is Successful 42
2.1 Analytical Framework 42
2.2 Open Source Is in Widespread Successful Use 52
2.3 Examples of Open Source Systems 59
2.4 Summary 62
Chapter 3. Open Source: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 64
3.1 What Is Good about Open Source 64
3.2 Open Source Is Not Enough by Itself 75
3.3 How Choosing Open Source Is More Difficult for You 79
3.4 What Others Say about Open Source 86
3.5 Summary 87
Chapter 4. Five Immediate Open Source Opportunities 90
4.1 Create an Open Source Lab 91
4.2 Migrate Infrastructure to Samba and OpenLDAP 94
4.3 Build Some LAMP Applications 99
4.4 Bring New Desktop Systems to the Underserved 102
4.5 Migrate Applications and Databases to Open Source 113
4.6 Summary 119
Chapter 5. Five More Open Source Opportunities 122
5.1 Introduction 122
5.2 Directory Services 125
5.3 Email 126
5.4 Groupware and Collaboration 130
5.5 Complex Web Publishing 135
5.6 Manage User Desktops 140
5.7 Other Possibilities 144
5.8 Summary 146
Chapter 6. Operating Systems 148
6.1 Contents of the Operating System 148
6.2 Linux Distribution Vendors 157
6.3 Enterprise Distribution Vendors 161
6.4 Community-Supported Distribution Vendors 161
6.5 International Alternatives 162
6.6 Summary 165
Chapter 7. Open Source Server Applications 168
7.1 Infrastructure Services 168
7.2 Web Servers 171
7.3 Database Servers 173
7.4 Mail Servers 190
7.5 Systems Management 191
7.6 Summary 193
Chapter 8. Open Source Desktop Applications 196
8.1 Introduction 196
8.2 Graphical Desktops 198
8.3 Web Browsers 203
8.4 The Office Suite 205
8.5 Mail and Calendar Clients 218
8.6 Personal Software 221
8.7 Summary 224
Chapter 9. How Open Source Software Is Developed 226
9.1 Methodology 226
9.2 Languages Used to Develop Open Source Products 232
9.3 Cross-Platform Code 238
9.4 Summary 241
Chapter 10. Managing System Implementation 244
10.1 Implementation Roles 244
10.2 Open Source Impact on Team Issues 247
10.3 Implementation Process 249
10.4 Implementation Principles 251
10.5 Key Documents 254
10.6 Migration 259
10.7 Interacting with the Open Source Community 262
10.8 Support 264
10.9 Summary 266
Chapter 11. Application Architecture 268
11.1 Types of Systems 268
11.2 Tiered Design 272
11.3 Managing Performance and Scalability 274
11.4 Interoperability 283
11.5 Development Platform Choices 289
11.6 Summary 295
Chapter 12. The Cost of Open Source Systems 298
12.1 Total Cost of Ownership 299
12.2 Types of Costs 308
12.3 Scenarios 312
12.4 Summary 318
Chapter 13. Licensing 320
13.2 Licenses in Use 321
13.3 Mixing Open and Closed Code 323
13.4 Dual Licensing 325
13.5 Other Intellectual Property Issues 326
13.6 Summary 328
13.1 Types of Licenses 320
A Resources 330
A.1 Managing an Open Source Lab 330
A.2 Installing an Evaluation Linux System 332
A.3 Next Steps 338
A.4 Top Ten Reasons to Use Open Source Software 338
A.5 Web Links 339
B The Open Source Definition 344
C Examples of Open Source Licenses 346
C.1 GPL 346
C.2 Mozilla Public License 355
C.3 The BSD License 366
Bibliography 368
About the Author 374
Writing Environment 375
Index 376