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What is Desktop OSS (OSS on the Desktop)

Chapter 13
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
This is comprised of those OSS applications that are utilised by everyday users to perform daily work tasks. This stands in contrast to server-side OSS, which are those OSS applications that traditionally reside on a server as opposed to a client (or workstation) and are used primarily by technical staff such as systems administrators to fulfill back-office functions such as e-mail routing and Web hosting. Typical desktop OSS applications include productivity software (e.g., OpenOffice), e-mail clients (e.g., Mozilla Thunderbird), Internet browsers (e.g., Mozilla Firefox), and a variety of other utilities. Although many PC users use one or several OSS applications, generally only fairly significant desktop OSS implementations are considered, that is, those that include at least an OSS operating system (Linux) as well as at least a full-productivity software suite.
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A Model for the Successful Migration to Desktop OSS
Daniel Brink (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch013
Abstract
Although open source software (OSS) has been widely implemented in the server environment, it is still not as widely adopted on the desktop. This chapter presents a migration model for moving from an existing proprietary desktop platform (such as MS Offi ce on an MS Windows environment) to an open source desktop such as OpenOffi ce on Linux using the Gnome graphical desktop. The model was inspired by an analysis of the critical success factors in three detailed case studies of South African OSS-on-thedesktop migrations. It provides a high-level plan for migration and is illustrated with an example. This chapter thus provides a practical guide to assist professionals or decision makers with the migration of all or some of their desktops from a proprietary platform to an OSS environment.
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