{"title":"A Comparative Analysis of Open Source Software Usage in Germany, Brazil, and India","authors":"D. Richter, Hangjung Zo, Michael Maruschke","doi":"10.1109/ICCIT.2009.169","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews the recent activities of Open Source Software (OSS) adoptions by governments, education sectors, and businesses in Germany, Brazil, and India. It looks at their motivation and focuses on the selected developments of OSS. Typical applications will be discussed as well as consequences from using OSS.","PeriodicalId":112416,"journal":{"name":"2009 Fourth International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"17","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2009 Fourth International Conference on Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCIT.2009.169","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper reviews the recent activities of Open Source Software (OSS) adoptions by governments, education sectors, and businesses in Germany, Brazil, and India. It looks at their motivation and focuses on the selected developments of OSS. Typical applications will be discussed as well as consequences from using OSS.