The open source software phenomenon: Characteristics that promote research
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Controversy Corner: Open standards, open formats, and open source
Journal of Systems and Software
Code Reuse in Open Source Software
Management Science
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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The wide diffusion of open source software OSS is driving discussion among scholars on a set of issues, including its adoption by public administrations PA. Previous works discussed a few factors that drive the decision to adopt OSS and did not address the potential benefits in terms of e-government that OSS may bring to PA. This paper fills these gaps. The analysis is based on the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and studies the adoption of software both proprietary and open source by local PA. The results show there is increased adoption of OSS in several different domains of application, both servers and desktop clients. Among the motivations to adopt OSS, dependence on software suppliers is important. Its adoption also positively affects the variety and extent of interactivity of local public e-services.