Linux vs. Windows: A Comparison of Application and Platform Innovation Incentives for Open Source and Proprietary Software Platforms

The Economics of Open Source Software Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 207-218

  Economides, Nicholas ^a   Katsamakas, Evangelos ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547959581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452769-1/50010-X     Document Type: Chapter

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