Need of Open Source Software for the Public Administration

Need of Open Source Software for the Public Administration
Author(s):
Harshavardhana Doddamani, Dr. Shantakumar B. Patil, Dr. Premjyoti Patil
Keywords:
Software, Public, Administration, licenses, e-governance
Abstract
Open Source Software (OSS) getting to be more and more used worldwide in Public Administration (PA). As PAs are among the biggest computer- and software consumers, thus they should be very careful what to use, how to use. PAs spend every year a huge amount of money for commercial off-the-shelf software licenses. By using appropriate technologies, such expenses might be either reduced, or re-routed to further develop local business[1]. This paper aims at introducing, analyzing, and supporting the use of OS software. The Government of Indian has recently proposed to go the open source way in its e-governance projects, and the Department of Information Technology has issued a Draft Policy in this regard. This move has been welcomed by the IT industry. However, some implementation issues need to be addressed
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Unique Paper ID: 146817 Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 5, Issue 2 Page(s): 293 - 296
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