Should You Adopt Open Source Software?

Ven, Kris; Verelst, Jan; Mannaert, Herwig

doi:10.1109/ms.2008.73

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“…Therefore, organizations will ensure that their missioncritical systems are covered by a support contract. The use of a support contract can also be mandated by audit guidelines [13] or by a vendor that only certifies its application for use with a commercial Linux distribution [16].…”

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The Importance of External Support in the Adoption of Open Source Server Software

Ven

Verelst

2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. IT managers seem to be hesitant to adopt OSS in the absence of professional support. Previous qualitative studies have indeed suggested that the availability of external support is important for the adoption of OSS. Therefore, we feel it is interesting to gain more insight into the role of external support in the adoption process. To this end, we performed a web survey involving 95 Belgian organizations. Our data suggests a balanced picture. As expected, our results show that the majority of organizations in our sample rely on commercial support such as vendor or third party support. Even organizations that have deployed OSS to a large extent-and that are therefore likely to have some experience and familiarity with OSS-rely on commercial support. Nevertheless, a considerable proportion of organizations indicated not to rely on commercial support, which suggests that internal expertise can be sufficient for successful adoption. Finally, and most surprisingly, we have found that the OSS community is used by a large proportion of organizations. This indicates that the OSS community is a valuable source of external support for organizations. Nevertheless, it appears that it is primarily used by organizations with a rather strong background in IT.

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The Importance of External Support in the Adoption of Open Source Server Software

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Verelst

2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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“…Weber 2004;Walli et al 2005;CRMReviews 2006;Faber 2007;Hall and Leahy 2008;Swain et al 2015;Nakayama and Mori 2012). Though findings are varied as to the strengths and weaknesses of FOSS/FOSS4G for specific technological, institutional, socio-cultural and economic contexts and purposes (Erlich and Aviv 2007;Ven and Mannaert 2008), today it is clear that FOSS/FOSS4G provide robust and reliable software besides private/proprietary/closed-source software solutions, and there are opportunities for mutual benefit and complementarity between these two software options for the development of large sophisticated applications (Moreno-Sanchez 2012).…”

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Free and open source software for geospatial applications (FOSS4G) to support Future Earth

Brovelli

Minghini

Moreno-Sánchez

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International Journal of Digital Earth

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* corresponding author 1The development, integration, and distribution of the information and spatial data infrastructure (i.e. Digital Earth; DE) necessary to support the vision and goals of Future Earth (FE) will occur in a distributed fashion, in very diverse technological, institutional, socio-cultural, and economic contexts around the world. This complex context and ambitious goals require bringing to bear not only the best minds, but also the best science and technologies available. Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Applications (FOSS4G) offers mature, capable and reliable software to contribute to the creation of this infrastructure. In this paper we point to a selected set of some of the most mature and reliable FOSS4G solutions that can be used to develop the functionality required as part of DE and FE. We provide examples of large-scale, sophisticated, mission-critical applications of each software to illustrate their power and capabilities in systems where they perform roles or functionality similar to the ones they could perform as part of DE and FE. We provide information and resources to assist the readers in carrying out their own assessments to select the best FOSS4G solutions for their particular contexts and system development needs.

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“…Consequently, a potential OSS user (in organizational settings, the IT decision maker) has to make an OSS adoption decision based on arguments from both OSS proponents and opponents. However, the OSS evaluation process can be time-consuming and labor-intensive (Tiangco, Stockwell, Sapsford, Rainer, & Swanton, 2005); thus, many enterprises are not doing thorough cost-benefit analyses (Ven, Verelst, & Mannaert, 2008). OSS has numerous advantages for enterprises, such as lowering expenditure through reduced scaling costs, license fees, hardware needs, etc.…”

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Evaluating the Role of Trust in Adoption: A Conceptual Replication in the Context of Open Source Systems

Silic¹,

Barlow²,

Bäck³

2018

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Abstract:This study is a conceptual replication of the Chandra, Srivastava, & Theng (2010) study on the role of trust in adopting a unique type of technology. Whereas Chandra et al. focused on mobile payment systems, we apply their theoretical model to the context of adopting open source software (OSS). Results are largely consistent and comparable with those of the original model; we also found that user trust plays a vital role in OSS adoption intention. However, two of the hypotheses had significantly different results in our model when compared to the original-specifically, perceived reputation did not have a significant impact on trust in the technology, and trust had a more powerful effect on the perceived usefulness of the technology. We argue that users' expectations regarding trust are different depending on the type of technology that a user intends to adopt.

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Should You Adopt Open Source Software?

Cited by 87 publications

References 7 publications

The Importance of External Support in the Adoption of Open Source Server Software

The Importance of External Support in the Adoption of Open Source Server Software

Free and open source software for geospatial applications (FOSS4G) to support Future Earth

Evaluating the Role of Trust in Adoption: A Conceptual Replication in the Context of Open Source Systems

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