Understanding partnerships between corporations and the open source community: A research gap

IEEE Software

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 96-97

  Santos Jr , Carlos ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Companies; Going open strategy; Market strategies; Medical services; Microsoft; Open source software; Programming; Proprietary software; Scholarships; Software; Software market; Sourceforge; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049140595     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2008.167     Document Type: Note

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