Internet Success - A Study of Open Source Software Commons: A Study of Open Source Software Commons (Mit Press) - Hardcover

Schweik, Charles M.; English, Robert C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262017253 ISBN 13: 9780262017251

Verlag: MIT Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The use of open-source software (OSS)--readable software source code that can be copied, modified, and distributed freely--has expanded dramatically in recent years. The number of OSS projects hosted on SourceForge.net (the largest hosting Web site for OSS), for example, grew from just over 100,000 in 2006 to more than 250,000 at the beginning of 2011. But why are some projects successful--that is, able to produce usable software and sustain ongoing development over time--while others are abandoned? In this book, the product of the first large-scale empirical study to look at social, technical, and institutional aspects of OSS, Charles Schweik and Robert English examine factors that lead to success in OSS projects and work toward a better understanding of Internet-based collaboration.

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Charles M. Schweik is Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and is Associate Director of the National Center for Digital Government (NCDG.org). Robert C. English is owner of the consulting firm Daystar Computing and a former Research Associate at the National Center for Digital Government at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MIT Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0262017253
• ISBN 13: 9780262017251
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
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