Open Source Observatory (OSOR)

Migration of the German City of Schwäbisch Hall

Open source case study

In the year 2001, the German city of Schwäbisch Hall reached the decision to migrate to Open Source software aiming to reduce software costs as well as to decrease dependences from software companies…

Dutch use open source for Geoservices in public works

Open source case study

In 2003 the Dutch Directorate for Public Works and Water Management, Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), which is responsible for the maintenance of dikes, roads, bridges and the navigability of canals, started…

Balkan cities become e-municipalities with open source

Open source case study

The Bulgarian city of Kardjali serves as a pilot within the framework of the project “Support to e-government initiatives at local level through free and open source software in South East Europe”…

Case Study – Linux Server for the City of Salzburg

Open source case study

The city of Salzburg migrated successfully to a Linux based server replacing a proprietary Siemens mainframe system. This migration example shows an integration of an open source software system into…

London Borough of Camden: public procurement of open source software development

Open source case study

The London Borough of Camden has been involved in developing open source software since 2001. In the past four years Camden has developed a number of projects using a combination of in house expertise…

Netherlands Forensic Institute develops and publishes open source software

Open source case study

The Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) recently published its own software, TULP2G, under an open source license. The NFI had already published a software library called Rfile as open source…

Open Source Software Study – OS on Vienna’s Desktop Workplaces

Open source case study

Based on Vienna’s collected open source knowledge regarding its server environment, the technical quality of open source operating systems and office applications as well as the migration decision of…

Polder board Zeeuws Vlaanderen: saving money with OSS

Open source case study

The polder board Zeeuws Vlaanderen had its first experiences with open source software in 2001. By now open source software is used for many things, among which the mail environment, the intranet and…

Open source in five municipalities in Groningen

Open source case study

This report was prepared by David Duijnmayer and Rishab Ghosh at MERIT, University of Maastricht, based on the study conducted for the Dutch OSOSS Programme published on August 30, 2004. As part of an…

Experiences from the Use of Skolelinux: Use of OpenSource Software at Four Norwegian Schools

Open source case study

The goal of the Skolelinux project is to develop a Linux distribution for Norwegian schools. The Skolelinux distribution should be simple to install and maintain and it must be based on both standard…

IJsselstein municipality: open source is not an end in itself, but it is an important means to an end.

Open source case study

In the year 2000 the municipality of IJsselstein had its first experiences with open source software. Back then, the newly appointed ICT manager Andries Broekema had been watching developments in the…