This paper examines open source software development in a competitive environment. The quality of open source software … augments competitors' software quality in future periods subject to compatibility considerations with their existing software …. A differential game model is developed to understand why firms are increasingly involved in open source software …

Despite the availability of source code, deploying open source software (OSS) in an enterprise environment requires … studies how users' skills and network effects may influence the market where proprietary software (PS) competes with OSS. In … the model, users make adoption decisions considering their own skills and the network effects of the software, and the …

We argue that the intrinsic inefficiency of proprietary software has historically created a space for alternative … institutions that provide software as a public good. We discuss several sources of such inefficiency, focusing on one that has not … software must make complementary investments, when the return on such investments depends on future cooperation of the software …

"This book reviews the development, design, and use of free and open source software, providing relevant topics of …1. Open source software adoption / Brian Fitzgerald -- 2. Tools and datasets for mining libre software repositories … gap between agile and free software approaches / Paul Adams, Andrea Capiluppi -- 5. Teaching software engineering with …