Slides from Mozilla Executive Director Mark Surman's Free. Open. Future? talk at FOSDEM 2009. Celebrates how far we've come with free software, and looks at the challenges ahead as we grow the open web and try to make the world of mobile more open and innovative. Audio coming soon.

1. free.
open.
future?

2. free.
open.
future?
stuff i've been
thinking about

3. <context>
stuff i've been
thinking about

4. what is mozilla for?
<context>
stuff i've been
thinking about

5. what is mozilla for?

6. 2010
1. openness and participation
2. data safer and more useful
3. open, unified mobile web
4. firefox

7. 2060
1. openness and participation
2. ???
3. ???
4. ???

8. </context>

9. <a point>
<and two questions>

10. <a point>
free and open source software
= huge success story.
<and two questions>

11. <a point>
free and open source software
= huge success story.
<and two questions>
how far can free and open go?

12. <a point>
free and open source software
= huge success story.
<and two questions>
how far can free and open go?
what's next?

13. <a point>
free and open source software
= huge success story.

14. 2008

15. 2008
source: rednuht on flickr
stock markets crash
obama elected
beijing olympics
int'l year of the potato
spice girls reunion tour

16. 2008
stock markets crash
obama elected
beijing olympics
int'l year of the potato
spice girls reunion tour
32% top blogs on wordpress

17. 2008
stock markets crash
obama elected
beijing olympics
int'l year of the potato
spice girls reunion tour
32% top blogs on wordpress
200 million firefox users

18. 2008
stock markets crash
obama elected
beijing olympics
int'l year of the potato
spice girls reunion tour
32% top blogs on wordpress
200 million firefox users
4.5 million linux netbooks

19. a clear
conceptual
map

20. study
a clear
copy
conceptual
modify map
share

21. many more
source: larskflem on flickr
millions can
study
copy
modify
share

22. moved the market

23. moved the market = a more
hackable world

24. who?

25. fosdem 2008
you
source: joseppc on flickr

26. fosdem 2008
celebrate
you
source: joseppc on flickr

27. <first question>

28. <first question>
how far can we take free + open?

29. 2003

30. 2003
arrow II on flickr
source: never was an
concorde makes final flight
european constitution drafted
human genome completed
int'l year of freshwater
australia wins cricket world cup

31. 2003
arrow II on flickr
source: never was an
concorde makes final flight
european constitution drafted
human genome completed
int'l year of freshwater
australia wins cricket world cup
and
the web is in danger

34. monopoly

37. also

41. people
couldn't
study
copy
modify
share
the web

42. study freedoms matter
copy
modify
share

43. study freedoms matter
copy not just for software
modify
share

44. study freedoms matter
copy also for the web
modify
share

45. study conceptual map
copy also for the web?
modify
share

46. things getting better

47. things getting better

48. all users
can hack.
more user
freedom.
things getting better

49. all users
can hack.
more user
freedom.
things getting better

50. things getting better
free + open = far

51. <second question>

52. <second question>
what's next?

53. 2009

54. 2009
on flickr
source: chrisjohnbeckket
european elections
guantánamo bay shut down
1 million english words
int'l year of natural fibres
the smiths reunion tour

55. 2009
on flickr
source: chrisjohnbeckket
european elections
guantánamo bay shut down
1 million english words
int'l year of natural fibres
the smiths reunion tour
and
free software goes big in mobile

56. epic
battle

57. epic
battle
source: storm gal on flickr

58. source: mr tentacle on flickr
vs.
source: storm gal on flickr

59. source: mr tentacle on flickr
how can open win?
vs.
source: storm gal on flickr

60. how can open win?

61. hardware

62. hardware
software

63. hardware
software
web

64. hardware
source: nix pix on flickr
software
web
network

65. hardware
software
web
network
cloud

66. hardware
source: Nick Hendry on flickr
software
web
network
cloud
pricing

67. hardware
software
web
network
cloud
pricing
permissions

68. hardware
software
web
network
cloud
pricing
permissions
open mobile ecosystem

69. open mobile ecosystem

70. study
copy
modify
share

71. study
what conceptual
maps do we need
copy
for open mobile?
modify
share

72. study
what conceptual
maps do we need
copy
for open mobile?
modify
share
we don't know

73. study
what conceptual
maps do we need
copy
for open mobile?
modify
share
we don't know
(and mobile is just the start)

74. we need better (and bigger) maps
we don't know
(and mobile just the start)

75. <conclusion>

76. why does mozilla
care?

77. why does mozilla
care?

78. we need a better map to do this

79. things we want on the map

80. things we want on the map
Strong values

81. things we want on the map
Strong values, freedom beyond just code

82. things we want on the map
Strong values, freedom beyond just code
Great free software

83. things we want on the map
Strong values, freedom beyond just code
Great free software, that people love to use

84. things we want on the map
Strong values, freedom beyond just code
Great free software, that people love to use
Users as hackers

85. things we want on the map
Strong values, freedom beyond just code
Great free software, that people love to use
Users as hackers, anyone can bend anything

86. but what else?

87. my what else

88. my what else
connect open source and education

89. another what else

90. another what else
mapping freedom + web services

91. your what else

92. your what else
what's on
your map?

93. what's on
your map?
take 5 minutes to talk about your map

94. thanks
to lilly, beltzner and everyone i stole slide
ideas from. everyone who commented.
and all the great photographers on flickr.
mark surman
mozilla foundation
mark@mozillafoundation.org
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www.slideshare.net/msurman