Open Source Software adaptation in Africa: is a matter of inferior or cheap is not quality?

• Main Authors: Bakar, Abubakar Diwani, Md. Sultan, Abu Bakar, Zulzalil, Hazura, Din, Jamilah
• Format: Article
• Published: IGI Global 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34749/; http://www.irma-international.org/article/open-source-software-adaptation-in-africa/104677/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The African continent has long benefited from adopting OSS in its private and public organizations that have changed their way of development, the use and how to acquire proprietary software. This frequency of adaptation does not appear to be in balance with the contribution to the OSS community. Us...