An investigation of the users' perception of OSS quality

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 319 AICT, Issue , 2010, Pages 15-28

  Del Bianco, Vieri ^a   Lavazza, Luigi ^b   Morasca, Sandro ^b   Taibi, Davide ^b   Tosi, Davide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Open Source Software quality; Perceived quality; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PERCEIVED QUALITY; TRUSTWORTHINESS; USERS' PERCEPTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SURVEYS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 84872010245     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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