Thoughts on studying open source software communities

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2001, Pages 379-386

  Feller, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

KEY ISSUES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84904266140     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35489-7_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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