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Open Source Software to Help Business Students Navigate Costly Software Licensing

Open Source Software to Help Business Students Navigate Costly Software Licensing Mr. Johnny King 1 , & Dr . Maurice Dawson 1 1 Alabama A&M University (United States ). Cloud Computing Solutions. Making Use of SourceForge. Abstract.

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Open Source Software to Help Business Students Navigate Costly Software Licensing

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  1. Open Source Software to Help Business Students Navigate Costly Software Licensing Mr. Johnny King1, & Dr. Maurice Dawson1 1Alabama A&M University (United States) Cloud Computing Solutions Making Use of SourceForge Abstract With websites such as SourceForge, there are over 3.4 million developers participating in the development of over 324,000 projects. With these projects there is a group of developers that develop, deploy, and maintain these projects. This research study conducted was of the graduate emerging information technology course. Approximately 18 students were given instructions on how to build virtual machines (VMs). These VMs contained the open source equivalent to commercially available software applications that charge license fees. The students were required to locate, install, and integrate these open source software (OSS) applications. The primary objective of this study for the MBA students was to measure the OSS and calculate the cost savings to the business enterprise. Once the MBA students concluded their research, they had to generate a presentation and demonstrate their knowledge of the application to their peers. LibreOffice was one of the applications used and discussed during the presentations. LibreOffice contains a word processor program, spreadsheet program, presentation program, graphics editor program and Base. Base is a database management program similar and compatible to Microsoft Office in some versions that have been recently released. What the students found in their data is many companies are also switching to LibreOffice from Microsoft Office to help in cost savings with licensing fees. This study provides a guide as to how OSS helps them strategically management information technology (IT) license costs and maintenance fees. Libre Office vs Cutting Edge Technologies in Higher Education Series Maurice Eugene Dawson, Imad Al Saeed (2012), Use of Open Source Software and Virtualization in Academia to Enhance Higher Education Everywhere, in Charles Wankel, Patrick Blessinger (ed.) Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Immersive Interfaces: Virtual Worlds, Gaming, and Simulation (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, Volume 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.283-313 Virtualization SOFA Stats: Statistical Analysis Enterprise Project Management Tools Lightweight Operating Systems Business Intelligence & Data Visualization Contact Information DIA Diagram Draw •  Department of Management and MarketingCollege of Business and Public AffairsP.O. Box 429Normal, Alabama 35762 • 256.372.4801 • www.aamu.edu • Point of Contact: • Dr. Maurice Dawson Jr. • Maurice.dawson@aamu.edu

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