Reasons for the non-adoption of OpenOffice.org in a data-intensive public administration

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  Huysmans, Philip ^a   Ven, Kris ^a   Verelst, Jen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Department of Management Information Systems ^*

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EID: 55249118430     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i10.2238     Document Type: Article

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