Handling variety: The tension between adaptability and interoperability of open source software

Computer Standards and Interfaces

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-121

  Van Wendel De Joode, Ruben ^a   Egyedi, Tineke M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordination; Divergence; Java; Linux; Open source; Standardization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTEROPERABILITY; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; OPEN SYSTEMS; STANDARDIZATION;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS - LINUX; COORDINATION; DIVERGENCE; OPEN SOURCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 19944404772     PISSN: 09205489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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