Estrategias para fomentar el uso y desarrollo de sistemas de información basados en software libre

Abstract

The present work sought to solve the question about how to promote the use and development of information systems based on free software in Colombia, since with the domain of free software tools people have greater possibilities to improve their quality of life and therefore it is necessary to expand its study in the educational sector that will result in its massification at the corporate level. The work consists of three chapters, the first chapter contains the introduction, justification, problem approach, objectives, scope and limitations and the frame of reference, the second chapter contains the methodological design and the third chapter is the development of research under the quantitative research approach, making use of descriptive statistics, where a diagnosis is made of the current situation of software development in the country and the training that the developers are receiving in their secondary and undergraduate education, as well as of the environment in which they will perform upon graduation, leading this study to obtain suggestions for improving the quality of education in the area of ​​computer science. The document concludes with suggestions that can be implemented as strategies to promote the use and development of information systems based on free software in Colombia.