Three attempts at "de-Wintelization": Japan's TRON project, the US government's suits against Wintel, and the entry of Java and Linux

Research Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1589-1606

  Takahashi, Takuma ^a   Namiki, Fujio ^b  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Linux; Network externalities; Path dependence; Property rights; TRON

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

PROPERTY RIGHTS;

PERSONAL COMPUTING;

EID: 0141959110     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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