Open Source Software
Text Box: Challenges
Many Web/Internet -based tools described (Wikis,
Blogs, Jabber, …):
Are available as open source software (OSS)
Act as demonstrators of emerging new open
standards
Options for an institutional OSS strategy:
Replace MS Office products by Open Office
Deploy new services using open source
applications
Note the JISC-funded OSS Watch service
can provide advice on OSS strategies.
See <http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/>