Evaluating open source software through prototyping

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 269-281

  Carbon, Ralf ^a,b   Ciolkowski, Marcus ^a,b   Heidrich, Jens ^a,b   John, Isabel ^a   Muthig, Dirk ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^b Germany Software Engineering: Processes and Measurement Research Group   (Germany)

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EID: 84869226997     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch021     Document Type: Chapter

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