The contribution of free software to software evolution

International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE)

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 170-179

  Bauer, A ^a   Pizka, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Best practices; Computer architecture; Environmental economics; History; Linux; Open source software; Power generation economics; Programming; Software engineering; Software systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; ECONOMICS; HISTORY; LINUX; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OPEN SYSTEMS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

BEST PRACTICES; COMPLEX COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; COMPLEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPERS; OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT; POWER GENERATION ECONOMICS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84943175924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWPSE.2003.1231224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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