The latest edition of the IEEE Software has a large number of papers in
it dealing with open source. Several look like they're very interesting
reading. I glanced over the one below - note the affiliations, and read
Spinellis's bio before gun-jumping. Does anyone agree with my first
impression that several of the disadvantages noted for open source
equally apply to closed source?
Volker
@Article{spinellis.szyperski:oss-sw-dev,
author = {Diomidis Spinellis and Clemens Szyperski},
title = {How Is Open Source Affecting Software Development?},
journal = {{IEEE} Software},
year = 2004,
volume = 21,
number = 1,
pages = {28--33},
ISSN = {0740-7459},
database = {ieeexplore.ieee.org},
abstract = {The dynamism of open source software development efforts,
numerous high-profile success stories, and the novel
economic, business, and legal aspects of open source
software adoption are justifiably creating a stir in the
development community. We software practitioners
increasingly face the possibility of using or basing
our\ldots},
affiliation = {Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece;
Microsoft Research, USA},
}
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