Open source means upstream first
chris wright
VP and Chief Technologist
@kernelcdub
We are
Transforming
The Network
today's Network
hardware centric
provisioned for peak capacity
relatively static configuration
tomorrow's Network
software centric
elastic provisioning
highly dynamic configuration
software is eating the world
Marc Andreessen
open source
software is eating the world
A world withOUT Open source
No Amazon
No Google
No eBay
No PayPal
No Salesforce
No LinkedIn
No Twitter
No Facebook
No Netflix
No Uber
Open Source Software is Changing the conversation
Commoditization
Innovation
It's All About AGILITY
Open SourcE NFV
Transforming
the network
not just a license
not just code development
community and collaboration
NFV is not Just openstack
NFV leveraging open source
| Project | LOC | Change Rate | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | 17,285,731 | 6000/mo | $500M |
| QEMU | 902,252 | 500/mo | $25M |
| libvirt | 566,977 | 250/mo | $15M |
| OpenDaylight | 2,326,260 | 2000/mo | $67M |
| OpenStack | 2,526,686 | 5000/mo | $72M |
| Open vSwitch | 224,121 | 200/mo | $5M |
| DPDK | 1,466,904 | 200/mo | $42M |
http://openhub.net
gather industry requirements
identify gaps
close gaps upstream
validate
Upstream first
What?
design, dev, test
all upstream
Value
influence
maintenance
quality and security
interoperability
Risks of forking
quality
user expectations
technical debt
interoperability
Out of tree
3.10 Sun Jun 30 15:13:29 2013
4.3 Sun Nov 1 16:05:25 2015
41529 files changed, 6793468 insertions(+), 3127474 deletions(-)
55008 total files 20621558 total lines
75% of the kernel files have changed
33% of the code has changed
don't do it!
meeting operators requirements with Open source
reliability
performance
security
serviceability
upstream first
stand on the shoulder of giants
leverage new technology trends
get involved
you are welcome
THANK YOU!
Copy of opnfv 2015 keynote
By Christopher Wright
