Presentation about building open source communities, based on the experience of OpenDJ.

1. OpenDJ, Life after
Sun-set
Ludovic Poitou
OpenDJ Community Manager
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2. - ForgeRock France,
Grenoble
- Community Manager,
OpenDJ
- Previously, Architect @
Sun Microsystems
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3. The
Typical Mythical
OpenSource Project
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4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jjay/112404324/lightbox/
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11. - To renew the Sun Directory Server product
line (Enterprise LDAP Directory services).
- As Open Source
- In Java to simplify the product and increase
performances
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12. - 20 Developers
- 10 Quality Engineers
- 3 Technical Writers http://www.flickr.com/photos/travel_aficionado/4063236533/in/photostream/
- 1 Community Manager / Evangelist
- Localized in 6 different languages
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13. OpenDS Community
- External Contributions in 4 years : 3.
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14. Then the Sun set!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/craigwalkowicz/4991429591/
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15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/3501962184/
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16. - 100% Open Source
- CDDL 1.0
- for Code and Tests
- Documentation in Creative Commons
- No Copyright assignment
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17. - Global Software Vendor
- 100% pure Open Source company
- Specialized in “Identity Management”
middleware
- OpenAN
- OpenDJ
- OpenIDM
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18. The Community http://www.flickr.com/photos/squeaks2569/4185014547/in/set-72157622077561399/
- 4 Developers, including tests and docs
- User base slowly switching over
- “Supporters” are increasing
- Already 5 major external contributions, with
less than 1 year of existence
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19. Challenges
- Rebuilding the “Brand” awareness
- Growing the developers’ community
- Rewriting the whole documentation
- Administration Guide ✓
- Maintaining/Updating localized messages
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20. OpenDJ 2.4.4
- Released Oct 14th
- 5th release in 10 months
- Bug fix release for stability and reliability
- Ready for use in Production
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21. Ready For Production
- Deployed by a Bank in 2 weeks, 3 countries,
12 servers
- Deployed by Media company, 13 Millions
users, 6 master servers, up to 200 000
concurrent sessions
- Deployed by Cable Service Provider, 2.2M
users, 6 masters in 2 wan separated data-
centers
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22. Conclusion
- There is not a SINGLE way to
run open source projects
- Too much resources scares
away other developers
- Participation is a reflection of
openness
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23. - Ludovic.Poitou@ForgeRock.com
- @ludomp
- http://ludopoitou.wordpress.com/
- https://plus.google.com/116489828651245331071
(gplus.to/ludomp)
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