2. About Myself
§ Janne Kalliola, CEO of Exove
§ Have been coding since 1983 – Basic, Pascal, Lisp,
Fortran, C/C++/Obj C, Java, PHP, JavaScript
§ Working with web publishing since 1994 and open
source CMS from 2003
§ Now running Exove, a leading Nordic company
focusing on open web technologies
4. Exove in Brief
Exove is a leading digital services design and
development company focusing on open technologies.
We help companies to grow their digital business.
Quick facts:
§ Founded 2006
§ Over 90 people
§ Served more than 250 clients
§ Offices in Finland, Estonia, and
the UK
§ AAA credit rating
7. Nordic Countries
§ Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
§ 26 million people
§ Found in top in numerous metrics
§ Education
§ Economic competitiveness
§ Civil liberties
§ Quality of life
§ Human development
§ Nordic model of economy and social structure
§ Universal healthcare and welfare + heavy taxes
§ High income redistribution and little social unrest
8. Open Source Impact
§ Nordic countries have been a hotbed of open
source tools
§ There have been numerous very successful
open source projects that have originated from
the Nordic countries
§ The area has probably the highest density of big
open source projects per capita
9. A Few Examples
Linux – Finnish
MySQL – Finnish / Swedish
PHP – Danish
eZ Publish – Norwegian
Varnish – Norwegian
Git – Finnish
Irc – Finnish
OpenSSH – Finnish
11. Numerous Reasons
§ Transparency of society
§ Egalitarian, open, and non-hierarchical culture
§ Open to external influences
§ Well educated population
§ History of doing things together for a greater
good
12. Numerous Reasons
§ Transparency of society
§ Egalitarian, open, and non-hierarchical culture
§ Open to external influences
§ Well educated population
§ History of doing things together for a greater
good
14. What is 'Talkoot'?
§ Talkoot is a Finnish expression for a gathering of
friends and neighbors to accomplish a task.
§ The task of the talkoot may be something that is a
common concern, for the good of the group, or it may
be to help someone with a task that exceeds his or her
own capacity.
§ A talkoot is by definition voluntary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_work#Talkoot
22. Anyhow…
§ We have it all here in Western world
§ There is no need to strive to meet good
standards of living
§ Stuff has lost its importance
§ The things that our parents lusted for – fridge,
colour TV, car – have lost their appeal.