Open Source Software adaptation in Africa: is a matter of inferior or cheap is not quality?

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Open Source Software adaptation in Africa: is a matter of inferior or cheap is not quality?

The African continent has long benefited from adopting OSS in its private and public organizations that have changed their way of development, the use and how to acquire proprietary software. This frequency of adaptation does not appear to be in balance with the contribution to the OSS community. Us...

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Main Authors:	Bakar, Abubakar Diwani, Md. Sultan, Abu Bakar, Zulzalil, Hazura, Din, Jamilah
Format:	Article
Published:	IGI Global 2014
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34749/

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