Walt Scacchi
This is the first systematic, book length treatment that provides the knowledge and insight that arises from a careful comparative study of OSS adoption in different public sector organizations. Required reading for anyone involved in OSS research, and highly recommended for those who determine whether OSS is a viable, new way of adopting, implementing, using, and sustaining modern software systems.
Endorsement
With budgets under pressure almost everywhere, many organizations may want to explore alternative software procurement strategies. Adopting Open Source Software provides a very accessible and timely account of the experiences of public sector organizations in the EU and U.S. who have explored one of the alternatives: the adoption of open source software.
Matthijs den Besten, Research Fellow, Chair in Innovation and Regulation, École Polytechnique
From the Publisher
This is the first systematic, book length treatment that provides the knowledge and insight that arises from a careful comparative study of OSS adoption in different public sector organizations. Required reading for anyone involved in OSS research, and highly recommended for those who determine whether OSS is a viable, new way of adopting, implementing, using, and sustaining modern software systems.
Walt Scacchi, Institute for Software Research, University of California, Irvine
With budgets under pressure almost everywhere, many organizations may want to explore alternative software procurement strategies. Adopting Open Source Software provides a very accessible and timely account of the experiences of public sector organizations in the EU and U.S. who have explored one of the alternatives: the adoption of open source software.
Matthijs den Besten, Research Fellow, Chair in Innovation and Regulation, École Polytechnique
Matthijs den Besten
With budgets under pressure almost everywhere, many organizations may want to explore alternative software procurement strategies. Adopting Open Source Software provides a very accessible and timely account of the experiences of public sector organizations in the EU and U.S. who have explored one of the alternatives: the adoption of open source software.