Open Source Software Usage On Municipalities; A Case Study: Cankaya Municipality

Abstract

As well known, the Open Source Software becomes the leading information technology day by day. There are open source alternatives of the most of the commercial softwares. In this case study, we will examine the open source software usage on the biggest municipality of Turkey; Cankaya Municipality. The IT department of the municipality uses open source software for various reasons and various places. The usage area includes both servers with internet services and desktop usage. In scope of this paper, the reasons of open source software selection and their usage places will be explained in detail for a case study.