This presentation talks about the following: - Quick intro to FOSS - Why we should use it in development. - A proposed strategy overview

1. Introduction to FOSS and using it in Egypt's Development By: Ahmed Mekkawy Ahmed @ linuxawy.org www.SpirulaSystems.com

3. Free Software Advocate.

4. FSF member.

5. Admin in EGLUG.

6. Member of ArabTechies.

7. One of the founders of OpenEgypt.

8. Founder & CTO of Spirula Systems.

10. FOSS concepts

11. Why FOSS is suitable for Egypt

12. How to use FOSS in developing our beloved country

14. Left MIT to create GNU (Gnu's Not Unix).

15. Stop companies monopoly of the users (us).

16. Linux Trovalds, the Finnish guy.

17. Kernel + GNU tools = GNU/Linux OS

19. GNU tools

20. Linux kernel

21. GNU/Linux

22. GNU OS (GNU/Hurd)

23. Debian GNU/kFreeBSD

24. Distributions.

25. Free != Free from charge, Free == Freedom

26. Open Source is a development methodology

27. Free Software is a social movement.

29. Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works and adopt it to your needs. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.

30. Freedom 2: The freedom to distribute copies.

31. Freedom 3: The freedom to improve the program and release your improvements to the public so that the whole community benefits

33. Programming languages: C/C++, Ocaml, PHP, Python, Ruby, Lua, … etc.

34. Servers: Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Nginx, Postfix, … etc.

35. Desktop application: Firefox, Chromium, LibreOffice, VLC media player, … etc.

37. Strategic View Why FOSS and Egypt ?

39. Foreign currency.

42. Rising freedom concepts.

44. Freedom (hopefully).

45. Geographic Location.

46. Arabic Market.

48. The keyword is ' ecosystem '

50. Private Sector

51. Government

52. R & D

53. FOSS Communities and Non-Profit Organization.

54. Thank You