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Open Source Propriety

Software

Freedom From Vendor Control

• Why Open Source?o Freedom• Run the program for any purpose

– Pay attention to compliance• Customize the program• Use cutting edge analytics NOW

Open Source Software wil l Reduce cost

• Evaluate Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)o Identifying and acquiring softwareo Installing software and operatingo Training and or talent acquisitiono Exit costs found in migrating away from the closed

software

Responsive and Competitive

• Innovate in Real Timeo Adoption of open source can be part of building a

more agile organizationo It can also be part of (re)building in-house

expertise and regaining control

Tip Toe Instead of Rip and Replace

• Start small o Open source is not a drop in replacemento Run a POC to get your feet weto Hybrid environments may be necessary

Coexist with Open Source

• Users are often the most problematic in any migrationo User buy-in to open source technology is criticalo Education/Training/Supporto Know the everyone will not be on board (try coexistence of

the old and new environment)o Dale Carnegie - 'A man convinced against his will Is of the

same opinion still’

Identical Twins are Rare

• Transition Strategyo Don’t expect identicalo Commit to training and education consistentlyo Test, test and test again

A BUG is a BUG is a BUG

• Tradition/habito Users find comfort in familiarity and are cautions with

forced to learn something new• Commercial software often gets a free pass on

securityo Bugs exists in both commercial and open sourceo Expertise exist outside commercial software organizations

Embrace/Migrate/Coexist

• Assessment is KEYoWhat do you want to migrate (identify statistical

routines)o Identify impact (workflow and interoperability)• Third party software

Questions

References

• 5 tips on migrating to open-source software - Jack Wallen• Triumph and disaster: Two migrations to OpenOffice – Simon Phipps• Total Cost of Ownership of Open Source Software - Maha Shaikh & Tony Cornford • How to Make the Moe from Propriety Software to Open Source – EastBanc

Technologies• 10 Reason Open Source Is Good for Business – Kathrine Noyes• SAS to R Migration – Liz Matthews• A Saga of Migration from SAS to R – Clayton Gibbs & Joel Dobson• R vs SAS, why is SAS preferred by private companies – Cross validated blog• Moving from SAS to R – Thomas Dinsmore