Open source software in the desktop: the perspective of the public administrations in UK

Baravalle, Andres; Chambers, Sarah; North, Siobhán and Holcombe, Mike (2006). Open source software in the desktop: the perspective of the public administrations in UK. In: WebIst 2006, 11-13 Apr 2006, Setubal, Portugal.

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Abstract

Open Source has the potential to play an important role in the drive towards e-Government. However, UK public administrations appear to have a markedly different attitude towards the use of Open Source in the desktop to similar organizations in other parts of Europe. The scope of this paper is to investigate some of the possible causes for the distinction, based on experience gathered in the COSPA project. Technical, economical, socio-cultural and political causes are considered and discussed.

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• Item ORO ID
• 6736
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Extra Information
• The ISBN is 9789728865474.
• Keywords
• Open source software; open data standards; public administrations; United Kingdom
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Depositing User
• Andres Baravalle