Abstract
This paper addresses the open source software (OSS) phenomenon from an
industry perspective and reveals a number of complexities surrounding
the role of OSS in the secondary software sector. It presents the
research results of an international workshop which was hosted with the
explicit intention of extracting the voice of key industrial
stakeholders. The data was gathered and analysed using a qualitative
approach which revealed the key strengths and weaknesses of OSS from an
industrial perspective. This formed the foundations for developing a
framework describing the emerging commercial incarnation of OSS (we
refer to this as Open Source Software, Inc.) The paper concludes that
the European secondary software sector recognise the benefits of
leveraging OSS but are aware of key issues pertinent to such an end.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Title of host publication | First International Conference on Open Source Systems |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2005 |
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- Authors
- MORGAN, L.