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...
: 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, ...
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...
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, ...
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...
— 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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...