On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel <[email protected] > wrote:
> Team, > > Read this paper carefully. This paper describes a case study conducted > at one of Malaysia’s public universities which initially adopted Open > Source based applications but then later rejected them. > > I will discuss it further later. > > http://www.pacis-net.org/file/2010/S26-01.pdf > > http://www.pacis-net.org/index.jsp?t=proceeding&y=2010 > > Multiple Perspectives Technology Appropriation: > Analysis of Open Source Software Implementation > Failure > I read the research findings hoping to learn about some problems with Open Source Software or within the OSS Community that I could turn into constructive criticism, but I couldn't find any. The thing is, this was a very poorly handled implementation. Although it's not really clear from the research paper, I think that the IT director did all the work. That's pretty cool, but he just ignored the most important advantage of Open Source Software... the community. This inspired another blog post from me: OSS Fail?<http://www.ghodmode.com/blog/2011/04/oss-fail/> The article is specifically related to the study and addresses key points on specific pages. The whole thing started at ETU in 2004. Incidentally, that's the year I moved to Malaysia. I would think the people (person?) who worked on this project would be part of OSDCMY, but somehow I doubt it. -- *Ghodmode* http://www.ghodmode.com/blog Abstract > > Adoption of new technology such as Open Source Software (OSS) is one > of the important issues in organizations. Despite being considered as > cost effective by many organizations, OSS implementation still > encounters many challenges. > > This paper describes a case study conducted at one of Malaysia’s > public universities which initially adopted Open Source based > applications but then later rejected them. An integrated framework > that combines a multiple perspectives approach and the Model of > Technology Appropriation is proposed in this study. > > This framework facilitates the understanding of why and how > organizations adopt and use OSS. The study identified various criteria > influencing the OSS appropriation process from multiple perspectives > in the organization as well as its status of OSS appropriation. This > understanding assists in effective implementation decisions which > could lead to more effective use of the OSS technology. > > Keywords: Multiple Perspectives, Open Source Software, Technology > Appropriation. > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/ > -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/
