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Adopting open source software : a practical guide / Brian Fitzgerald ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.Description: xxi, 164 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780262516358 (pbk.)
  • 0262516357 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.3 FIT
Contents:
Background and definitions -- A framework for adopting OSS adoption -- Hibernia Hospital -- Südtiroler Gemeinden Verband -- FUNDECYT in Extremadura -- Adoption of open standards : a case study of the Massachusetts policy -- The Italian Chamber of Deputies -- Comparing the case studies.
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Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 005.3 FIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100478842

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A rich case-study analysis of open source software adoption by public organizations in different countries and settings.

Government agencies and public organizations often consider adopting open source software (OSS) for reasons of transparency, cost, citizen access, and greater efficiency in communication and delivering services. Adopting Open Source Software offers five richly detailed real-world case studies of OSS adoption by public organizations. The authors analyze the cases and develop an overarching, conceptual framework to clarify the various enablers and inhibitors of OSS adoption in the public sector. The book provides a useful resource for policymakers, practitioners, and academics.
The five cases of OSS adoption include a hospital in Ireland; an IT consortium serving all the municipalities of the province of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; schools and public offices in the Extremadura region of Spain; the Massachusetts state government's open standards policy in the United States; and the ICT department of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The book provides a comparative analysis of these cases around the issues of motivation, strategies, technologies, economic and social aspects, and the implications for theory and practice.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-153) and index.

Background and definitions -- A framework for adopting OSS adoption -- Hibernia Hospital -- Südtiroler Gemeinden Verband -- FUNDECYT in Extremadura -- Adoption of open standards : a case study of the Massachusetts policy -- The Italian Chamber of Deputies -- Comparing the case studies.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. vii)
  • 1 Background and Definitions (p. 1)
  • 2 A Framework for Investigating OSS Adoption (p. 13)
  • 3 Hibernia Hospital (p. 25)
  • 4 Südtiroler Gemeindenverband (p. 43)
  • 5 FUNDECYT in Extremadura (p. 67)
  • 6 Adoption of Open Standards in Massachusetts (p. 85)
  • 7 The Italian Chamber of Deputies (p. 103)
  • 8 Comparing the Case Studies (p. 121)
  • Notes (p. 143)
  • References (p. 145)
  • Index (p. 155)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Brian Fitzgerald holds the Frederick A. Krehbiel II Chair in Innovation in Global Business and Technology at the University of Limerick, where he is also Vice President of Research. Jay P. Kesan is Professor and Director of the Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, and Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Barbara Russo is Associate Professor of the Faculty of Computer Science and member of the Center for Applied Software Engineering at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. Maha Shaikh is Research Associate in the Information Systems and Innovation Group in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Giancarlo Succi is Professor of the Faculty of Computer Science and Director at the Center for Applied Software Engineering at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.

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