Benefits and drawbacks of open source software: An exploratory study of secondary software firms

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 234, Issue , 2007, Pages 307-312

  Morgan, Lorraine ^a   Finnegan, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Benefits; Drawbacks; Open source software; Secondary software sector

Indexed keywords

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; BENEFITS; DRAWBACKS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SECONDARY SOFTWARE SECTOR; SOFTWARE FIRMS; WHITE PAPERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547971991     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_33     Document Type: Article

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