The usability of open source software

First Monday

Volumn 10, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2005, Pages

  Nichols, David M ^a   Twidale, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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