Open source software: A survey from 10,000 feet

Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 187-347

  Androutsellis Theotokis, Stephanos ^a   Spinellis, Diomidis ^a   Kechagia, Maria ^a   Gousios, Georgios ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; BUSINESS SOFTWARE; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; HIGH QUALITY; INNOVATIVE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCES; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; SOURCE CODES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 80053926779     PISSN: 15719545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0200000026     Document Type: Article

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