TY - UNPB
T1 - Identifying Business Barriers and Enablers for the Adoption of Open Source Software
AU - Holck, Jesper
AU - Holm Larsen, Michael
AU - Pedersen, Mogens Kuhn
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The main research interest in Open Source Software (OSS) has been in answering the questions of why individuals and organizations without economic compensation contribute to OSS projects and how these projects are organized. In this paper we instead focus on managerial decisions for acquisition of OSS and discuss potential barriers for widespread use of OSS. Based on existing literature and a small case study, we develop and discuss the hypothesis that a major barrier may be the `customer' organizations' uncertainty and unfamiliarity with the relationships with OSS `vendors'. To develop viable models for these relationships is an important challenge, which we will deal with in a research project, of which this paper should be seen as a first step.
AB - The main research interest in Open Source Software (OSS) has been in answering the questions of why individuals and organizations without economic compensation contribute to OSS projects and how these projects are organized. In this paper we instead focus on managerial decisions for acquisition of OSS and discuss potential barriers for widespread use of OSS. Based on existing literature and a small case study, we develop and discuss the hypothesis that a major barrier may be the `customer' organizations' uncertainty and unfamiliarity with the relationships with OSS `vendors'. To develop viable models for these relationships is an important challenge, which we will deal with in a research project, of which this paper should be seen as a first step.
KW - Software
KW - Open source
KW - Virksomhedens informationsteknologi
KW - IT-ledelse
KW - IT-strategi
KW - Open source software
KW - OSS
M3 - Working paper
BT - Identifying Business Barriers and Enablers for the Adoption of Open Source Software
CY - København
ER -