Selling Your Boss On Open Source

This talk is for people who: o Are unfamiliar with open source development o Need to advocate open source usage within their organizations o Need to work directly with open source communities The talk highlights how open source development differs from proprietary development, the pattern of adoption, trends in usage, and motivations of open source developers. The talk uses PostgreSQL as an example of typical open source addoption among organizations. The talk details how open source development is superior to closed development by allowing better communication and coordination between developers and users. It highlights the lack of commercial lock-in and wider support options. It also discusses the motivations of open-source contributors. My work is sponsored by SRA and my travel to this event is sponsored by credativ.

Bruce Momjian is a co-founder of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, and has worked on PostgreSQL since 1996. He is the author of PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts, published by Addison-Wesley. Bruce is employed by Software Research Associates (Tokyo, Japan) in their PostgreSQL support division. Previously, he was vice-president of Database Development at Great Bridge LLC, another PostgreSQL support company. He has spoken at many international open-source conferences. Prior to his involvement with PostgreSQL, Bruce worked as a consultant, developing custom database applications for some of the world's largest law firms. Prior to this, he was a high school computer science teacher and holds a Masters in Education.