We consider a software vendor first selling a monopoly platform and then an application running on this platform. He … may face competition by an entrant in the applications market. The platform monopolist can benefit from competition for … three reasons. First, his profits from the platform increase. Second, competition serves as a credible commitment to lower …

contribute to OSS and compete in the services market, the nature of competition between OSS constituents and proprietary software …In enterprise software markets, firms are increasingly using services-based business models built on open …-source software (OSS) to compete with established, proprietary software firms. Because thirdparty firms can also strategically …