Title :
From proprietary to open source tools in information systems development
Author :
Serrano, Nicolás ; Calzada, Sonia ; Sarriegui, Jose Mari ; Ciordia, Ismael
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Navarra Eng. Sch., San Sebastian, Spain
Abstract :
Over the past decade, the University of Navarra´s academic management system evolved from a mainframe environment to windows-based client-server architecture and then to a Web environment. Aiming for independence from vendors, these developers adopted open-source solutions for their Web applications and were delighted with the results.
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; educational administrative data processing; management information systems; public domain software; software engineering; University of Navarra; Web environment; academic management system; mainframe environment; open-source software solution; windows-based client-server architecture; Application software; Environmental management; Information systems; Java; Management information systems; Open source software; Service oriented architecture; Software standards; Visual BASIC; XML;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2004.1259219
