The open source movement: A revolution in software development

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Carillo, Kevin ^a   Okoli, Chitu ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Open source software; Social impacts of computing; Software development methodologies; Software engineering; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE; HIGH-QUALITY SOFTWARE; INFORMATION SOCIETY; OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 60849133885     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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