The organizational adoption of open source server software by Belgian organizations

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 203, Issue , 2006, Pages 111-122

  Ven, Kris ^a   Verelst, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Innovation; Linux; Open source; Organizational adoption

Indexed keywords

HIGH RELIABILITY; LINUX; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; ORGANIZATIONAL ADOPTIONS; SERVER SOFTWARES; SOURCE CODES;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; INNOVATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749181255     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-34226-5_11     Document Type: Article

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