Article on Reasons for the Non-Adoption of OpenOffice.org
The October 2008 edition of First Monday includes an interesting article entitled "Reasons for the non-adoption of OpenOffice.org in a data-intensive public administration" by Philip Huysmans, Kris Ven and Jan Verelst:
It appears that although OpenOffice.org can be a viable alternative for the average organization, its functionality may not suffice for advanced users ... Based upon our results, it would appear that the increasing standardization of document formats, and the support of the ODF format -- and OpenOffice.org -- by third party vendors will be important in order for OpenOffice.org to become a viable solution in advanced environments.
First Monday has also launched a new podcast called Openness 2.0, a "five-part ongoing series brought to you by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. In Part 1: The State of Openness, Sandra Braman, Mary Case, and Steve Jones breakdown the current state of openness in policy, culture and academics." -M
