Experiences of Open Source Software in Institutions: Cases from Tanzania and Norway

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dc.contributor.authorLungo, Juma H.
dc.contributor.authorKaasbøl, Jens J
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-31T10:52:44Z
dc.date.available2016-03-31T10:52:44Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractDespite the wide spread adoption of Open Source Software (OSS), there are continuing debates over the competition between OSS and proprietary software. Proponents of open source software contend that developing countries find ICT to be too expensive to afford but with Open Source Software they will manage to leap frog and address the digital divide. We found it useful to establish more evidence of the usefulness of open source software. In this study, the consequences of adoption and use of OSS was investigated in a cross sectional interpretive case study in selected Institutions in Tanzania and Norway. The empirical material suggests that OSS products are enterprise dependent software. They lower ICT expenditure, support open standards implementation, and promote creative knowledge on the use of local languages.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLungo, J.H. and Kaasbøl, J.J., 2007, May. Experiences of open source software in institutions: Cases from Tanzania and Norway. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, São Paulo, Brazil.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1398
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectOpen Source Softwareen_US
dc.subjectICT in public sectoren_US
dc.subjectZalongwaen_US
dc.subjectKilinuxen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectZanzibaren_US
dc.titleExperiences of Open Source Software in Institutions: Cases from Tanzania and Norwayen_US
dc.typeConference Proceedingsen_US
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