Open source software: Strengths and weaknesses

Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 184-196

  Erlich, Zippy ^a   Aviv, Reuven ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

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EID: 84859752489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch015     Document Type: Chapter

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