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Titre(s) : The economics of open source software development [Texte électronique] / edited by Jürgen Bitzer, Philipp J.H. Schröder
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Open Source Software (OSS) development appears to present a stark contrast to traditional
production and innovation methods and an unlikely contestant in the marketplace. Some
of the most striking features are that OSS development is based on contributions of
volunteer programmers, that these programmers are only associated with each other
through informal communities, that the resulting software products are made available
for free, and that this unconventional development method is able to produce software
of high complexity and extraordinary quality. Obviously, the emergence of free software
has fundamentally changed the software business. The simple facts that production
is carried out by voluntary private programmers and that the marketable outcomes are
supplied to consumers for free, have resulted in far-reaching effects on market structures,
business models, and innovation processes in the software industry. While incumbents
had to adapt their strategies to this newly emerging competition, OSS-based firms
had to develop viable business models enabling them to generate profits. These fundamental
changes in the software industry have subsequently attracted the interest of analysts,
business people and research in economics and management science. This book fills
a substantial gap in this field, and serves as an invaluable reference for all those
interested in OSS with information that is broad in scope
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Bitzer, Jürgen (1970-....). Fonction indéterminée
Schröder, Philipp J. H.. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Logiciels libres -- Aspect économique
Indice(s) Dewey :
338.470 053 (23e éd.) = Programmes (informatique) (économie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780444527691
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44646909x
Notice n° :
FRBNF44646909
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The economics of open source software development : an introduction / Jürgen Bitzer
and Philipp J.H. Schröder ; Decoding the free/open source software puzzle : a survey
of theoretical and empirical contributions / Maria Alessandra Rossi ; Open source
software : free provision of complex public goods / James Bessen ; Intrinsic motivations
and profit-oriented firms in open source software : do firms practise what they preach?
/ Cristina Rossi and Andrea Bonaccorsi ; Business models and community relationships
of open source software firms / Linus Dahlander and Mats G. Magnusson ; A statistical
analysis of defects in Debian and strategies for improving quality in free software
projects / Martin Michlmayr and Anthony Senyard ; Coworker governance in open-source
projects / Christoph Lattemann and Stefan Stieglitz ; Bounty programs in free/libre/open
source software / Sandeep Krishnamurthy and Arvind K. Tripathi ; An organizational
perspective on free and open source software deve
