An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations
This article presents the findings of a study concerning organisational software-selection in the context of proprietary and 'Free Software'. Proprietary software with its inherent benefits and drawbacks remains dominant over Free Software in many business contexts. In contrast, the arriva...
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| description | This article presents the findings of a study concerning organisational software-selection in the context of proprietary and 'Free Software'. Proprietary software with its inherent benefits and drawbacks remains dominant over Free Software in many business contexts. In contrast, the arrival of disruptive approaches to applying technology, such as cloud-computing, almost certainly mandates a heterogeneous software environment. However, this paper abstracts to the organisational context, as opposed to solely concentrating on the technical aspects, so that broader issues surrounding both proprietary software and Free Software adoption are brought into focus and may provide academics and practitioners with insight into what many would consider an information technology-centric matter. Contemporary multi-disciplinary literature addressing the areas of software-selection methodology, architectures for service delivery, and software types, are combined with recent findings from primary research in order to draw initial conclusions on the current state of software-selection in organisations. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-356452018-12-14T01:00:04Z An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations Sticklen, D. Issa, Theodora Service Delivery Proprietary Software Free Software Information Technology Organisational Software Selection This article presents the findings of a study concerning organisational software-selection in the context of proprietary and 'Free Software'. Proprietary software with its inherent benefits and drawbacks remains dominant over Free Software in many business contexts. In contrast, the arrival of disruptive approaches to applying technology, such as cloud-computing, almost certainly mandates a heterogeneous software environment. However, this paper abstracts to the organisational context, as opposed to solely concentrating on the technical aspects, so that broader issues surrounding both proprietary software and Free Software adoption are brought into focus and may provide academics and practitioners with insight into what many would consider an information technology-centric matter. Contemporary multi-disciplinary literature addressing the areas of software-selection methodology, architectures for service delivery, and software types, are combined with recent findings from primary research in order to draw initial conclusions on the current state of software-selection in organisations. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35645 10.4018/jwp.2011100103 I G I Global restricted |
| spellingShingle | Service Delivery Proprietary Software Free Software Information Technology Organisational Software Selection Sticklen, D. Issa, Theodora An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations |
| title | An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations |
| title_full | An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations |
| title_fullStr | An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations |
| title_full_unstemmed | An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations |
| title_short | An initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations |
| title_sort | initial examination of free and proprietary software-selection in organizations |
| topic | Service Delivery Proprietary Software Free Software Information Technology Organisational Software Selection |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35645 |