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Linux vs. Windows: a comparison of application and platform innovation incentives for Open Source and proprietary software platforms

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - In: The economics of Open Source Software development, (pp. 207-218). 2006

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Linux vs. Windows : A Comparison of Application and Platform Innovation Incentives for Open Source and Proprietary Software Platforms

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - 2014

This paper analyzes and compares the investment incentives of platform and application developers for Linux and Windows. We find that the level of investment in applications is larger when the operating system is open source rather than proprietary. The comparison of the levels of investment in...

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