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Shaikh, Maha (2012) Mutability and becoming : materializing of public sector adoption of open source software. In: Bhattacherjee, A. and Fitzgerald , B., (eds.) IFIP Working Group 8.2 Conference : Shaping the Future of ICT Research. Methods and Approaches. FIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 389 . University of South Florida, Tampa, USA: Springer, pp. 123-140. ISBN 9783642351419
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35142-6_9
Abstract
Juxtaposing two local council cases of open source software adoption in the UK we highlight their differences and similarities in open source adoption and implementation. Our narratives indicate that for both cases there was strong goodwill towards open source yet the trajectories of implementation differed widely. We draw on Deleuze and Guattari’s ideas of becoming, tracing versus mapping and multiplicity to explain how becoming occurs at different speeds. Our data shows that the becoming of adoption can be both constrained and precipitated by various forms of materiality (of the assemblage of the open source ecosystem). The interesting point of departure of our study is how open source software – a much touted transparent and open phenomenon – is by its nuanced and layered mutability able to make the process and practices surrounding it less visible.
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Information Systems & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Series Name: | FIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Shaping the Future of ICT Research. Methods and Approaches | ||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||
| Place of Publication: | University of South Florida, Tampa, USA | ||||
| ISBN: | 9783642351419 | ||||
| ISSN: | 1868-4238 | ||||
| Book Title: | IFIP Working Group 8.2 Conference : Shaping the Future of ICT Research. Methods and Approaches | ||||
| Editor: | Bhattacherjee, A. and Fitzgerald , B. | ||||
| Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | 389 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 123-140 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-35142-6-9 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Description: | IFIP WG 8.2, Working Conference, Tampa, FL, USA, December 13-14, 2012. Proceedings. |
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| Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
| Title of Event: | IFIP WG 8.2, Working Conference | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Tampa, Florida, U.S.A | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | 13-14 Dec 2012 |
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