Virtual communities as a resource for the development of OSS projects: The case of Linux ports to embedded processors

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-419

  Toral, S L ^a   Martinez Torres M R ^a   Barrero, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Open source software; Regression analysis; Social network analysis; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED PROCESSORS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE CREATION; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OPEN SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70449569174     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290903121394     Document Type: Article

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