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Open source software adoption for safety-critical information systems design: the Thales case study
[Adoption de l’open source pour la conception de systèmes d’information critiques : le cas Thales]

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  • Nordine Benkeltoum

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Information Systems (IS) literature shows a huge interest for open source technologies as well as from IT (Information Technology) strategies, business models or organization. Nevertheless, research on the application of open source in safety-critical information systems is particularly scant. By means of an exploratory study, this article describes the reasons why Thales, a firm specialized in safety-critical fields (defence, aircraft industry and security), has adopted open source software technologies. From a theoretical perspective, this articles relies on the technology, organization, environment (TOE) framework and the literature on technology and innovation adoption. This research suggests a model of barriers and motivations to open source software adoption for safety-critical information systems design.

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  • Nordine Benkeltoum, 2017. "Open source software adoption for safety-critical information systems design: the Thales case study [Adoption de l’open source pour la conception de systèmes d’information critiques : le cas Thales," Post-Print hal-04191308, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04191308
    DOI: 10.3917/sim.164.0071
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