Open Source ICT Framework for Developing Countries

Open Source (OS) [1], [2] refers to a new software development paradigm where volunteers collaboratively create software. The promise of OS is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to vendor lock-in. At the Intellect 2012 conference in London [3], Liam Maxwell, Cabinet Office Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) futures, championed that OS is the future model for delivering IT.