A Roadmap to Proliferate Open Source Software Usage within SA Government Servers

Mtsweni, Jabu; Biermann, Elmarie

doi:10.1109/broadcom.2008.82

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“…Many governments are adopting OSS to avoid the problem of vendor lock-in and to reduce dependence on monopolistic technologies, as they are free to change service provider without worrying about changing the software currently being used [5,24]. Restrictive licensing, vendor lock-in, and high switching costs can be eliminated by adopting OSS, which in the long term also reduces costs.…”

Section: Vender Independencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Government organizations usually deal with sensitive data that need to be protected from hackers. Although it has been reported that using OSS or proprietary software does not lead to any security benefit, security is still cited as one of the major reasons of using open source software in organizations [24]. The proprietary software that cannot be audited, leading to mistrust, has been cited as one reason why many governments are considering adopting open source software [35,22].…”

Section: Improve Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In most studies potential cost savings are often cited as the reason for OSS adoption. The South African government spends about R3.7 billion annually on proprietary software license fees and most of this expenditure is channeled to foreign companies [24].…”

Section: Cost Savingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Open source software that includes access to the source code allows users to modify and enhance the software. Government money saved on annual licence fees by adopting OSS can be invested in IT skills development in the country [11,24].…”

Section: Develop Local Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Investigating Open Source Software Benefits in Public Sector

Jokonya

2015

2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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This paper investigates the benefits of OSS in public sector organizations in order to understand the trends and patterns in different regions over time. Although open source software is used widely, in this study the authors examine the adoption of open source software in the public sector. As such, the paper uses content analysis to review published articles on open source software in the public sector or government organizations between 2003 and 2012 across the regions (Africa, America, Asia, and Europe). The results suggest that that there is no-one-size-fit-all to open source software adoption benefits to the public sector in different regions. The results also show that technical benefits, vendor independence and customization are considered to be important for open source software adoption in public sector organizations. While this suggests that public sector organizations perceive open source software as one step towards vendor independence, customization is considered a very important benefit of open source software adoption in Asia than is the case in America.

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Section: Vender Independencementioning

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Investigating Open Source Software Benefits in Public Sector

Jokonya

2015

2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…The migration to open source software by the South African government was expected to save R3.7 billion annually in terms of license fees (Mtsweni & Biermann, 2008).…”

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Boundary Critique and Stakeholder Collaboration in Open Source Software Migration

Jokonya

Hardman

2011

International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development

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This paper investigates the contribution of stakeholder collaboration during an open source software migration using a case study. The case study is based on the Presidential National Commission, a South African government department that migrated from proprietary software to open source software in 2007. The organization was one of the few that migrated to open source software as part of a South African government initiative. The case study consisted of semi-structured interviews with the participants involved in the migration. The interviews centered on the contribution of stakeholder collaboration during the software migration using a boundary critique. The results suggest that stakeholder collaboration can contribute to open source software migration. From a managerial perspective, business leaders must understand the value of stakeholder collaboration in open source software migration. Boundary critique can be an important tool for achieving broader collaboration of stakeholders.

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Proposing novel measures to alleviate the risks of migration to open source software

Noroozi

Seifzadeh

2018

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation

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A Roadmap to Proliferate Open Source Software Usage within SA Government Servers

Cited by 4 publications

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Investigating Open Source Software Benefits in Public Sector

Investigating Open Source Software Benefits in Public Sector

Boundary Critique and Stakeholder Collaboration in Open Source Software Migration

Proposing novel measures to alleviate the risks of migration to open source software

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