Dear John, Welcome to this list and project! > >Dear All > > I am based at the Centre for Applied Computing at BCUC. >My PhD research is finding ICT solutions for SME's (small to medium >enterprises) and including them in the strategic business planning >process. In doing this I work with a number of SME's and employ >opensource solutions. > >I speak at many events outling ICT solutions to business and am as you >may guess an advocate of open source solutions. I am happy to share >the results of my research which is being done in conjunction with the >Linux User and Developer magazine and the UK government.
Great! Thanks, too. > >Future works include a joint project with business link ( a UK >government project) to work with SME's to provide ICT solutions. I am >also working with other agencies to distribute and promote opensource. > >I have one project at the moment which is a case study of a firm of >accountants who have no experience in ICT though successful as a >company. I have just deployed openoffice and feel this case study may >be of benefit to the wider OO community. My premise is that by >enabling various forms of electronic communication with its client >base a more effective relationship will build between them, thus >saving fees but increasing revenue. I will therefore be using a wide >range of opensource web based solutions in conjunction with >openoffice. What I feel makes this study useful is they have no >preconceptions of MS office so OO will be taken at face value. > >As an academic I have a format for recording my work with them. Are >there any particular points that the community would like me look out >for? Do you have a format for your case study methodology? I think Justin suggested some points already, but the most obvious ones are the best ones: usage, problems, costs, advantages, and potential. But, to be honest, I'm much more interested in what you might suggest. > > > > >Best wishes > >John McCarthy > >PhD Researcher >Centre for Applied Computing >BCUC Best, Louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
