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HICSS
2006
IEEE
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Open Source Technical Support: A Look at Peer Help-Giving
We explore online technical support of open source software by a study of postings to discussion boards. Our results indicate that there are several types of detail that are requi...
Vandana Singh, Michael B. Twidale, Dinesh Rathi
OSS
2007
Springer
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Emergent Decision-Making Practices in Free/Libre Open Source Software (Floss) Development Teams
: We seek to identify work practices that make Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams effective. Particularly important to team effectiveness is decision making....
Robert Heckman, Kevin Crowston, U. Yeliz Eseryel, ...
WCRE
2007
IEEE
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A Model to Understand the Building and Running Inter-Dependencies of Software
The notion of functional or modular dependency is fundamental to understand the architecture and inner workings of any software system. In this paper, we propose to extend that no...
Daniel M. Germán, Jesús M. Gonz&aacu...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
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Web Mash-ups and Patchwork Prototyping: User-driven technological innovation with Web 2.0 and Open Source Software
The recent emergence of web mash-ups and open source software is driving the development of new practices in software and systems development. In this paper we explore novel pract...
Ingbert R. Floyd, M. Cameron Jones, Dinesh Rathi, ...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
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Open Source Software Adoption in ASEAN Member Countries
This paper investigates the extent to which Open Source software is being adopted for web hosts within member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), and...
Joshua L. Mindel, Lik Mui, Sameer Verma
HICSS
2007
IEEE
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Analysis of Activity in the Open Source Software Development Community
— Open Source Software is computer software for which the source code is publicly open for inspection, modification, and redistribution. While research of a few, large, successf...
Scott Christley, Gregory R. Madey
HICSS
2007
IEEE
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Value Capture and Value Networks in Open Source Vendor Strategies
Firms involved in open source software face inherent limits on their ability to appropriate returns from technological innovation. Here I examine the business models used by IT ve...
Joel West
HICSS
2008
IEEE
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Social Network Structure as a Critical Success Condition for Virtual Communities
Virtual communities have become an important new organizational form and yet relatively little is known about the conditions which lead to their success. In an attempt to address ...
David Hinds, Ronald M. Lee
ITICSE
2009
ACM
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Evaluating student experiences in developing software for humanity
Student involvement in Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS) projects holds the potential to provide a rich education experience to undergraduates. This paper discuss...
Gregory W. Hislop, Heidi J. C. Ellis, Ralph A. Mor...
OOPSLA
2009
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
The commenting practice of open source
The development processes of open source software are different from traditional closed source development processes. Still, open source software is frequently of high quality. Th...
Oliver Arafat, Dirk Riehle