Handbook of Research on Open Source Software
Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
Published on 30. April 2007
Book
Hardback
768 pages
978-1-59140-999-1 (ISBN)
Description
This handbook of research is one of the few texts to combine Open Source Software (OSS) in public and private sector activities into a single reference source. It examines how the use of OSS affects practices in society, business, government, education, and law.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hershey
United States
Publishing group
IGI Global
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
2156 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59140-999-1 (9781591409991)
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Kirk St.Amant is an Associate Professor of Technical and Professional Communication in the Department of English at East Carolina University. He has a background in anthropology, international government, and technical communication, and his research interests include intercultural exchanges via online media and international outsourcing. He has taught online and conventional courses in technical and professional communication and in intercultural communication for Texas Tech University, Mercer University, and James Madison University. He has also taught courses in e-commerce, distance education, and business communication in Ukraine as a part of the USAID-sponsored Consortium for the Enhancement of Ukrainian Management Education (CEUME).