Understanding Open Source Software Development

Feller, Joseph; Fitzgerald, Brian

ISBN 10: 0201734966 / ISBN 13: 9780201734966

Published by Addison-Wesley, London, New York, World-wide, 2002

About this Item

211 pages; illustrated with Figures and graphs. How "the Open Source process has been able to produce category-killing software without the support of a traditional software engineering environment and without the support of a traditional software company's marketing machine." Book condition: Cover corners & lower spine ends have some minor wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Open Source Software Development
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley, London, New York, World-wide
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201734966
• ISBN 13: 9780201734966
• Binding: Paper Cover
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Offers a unique one-stop reference for developers, researchers, managers and anyone else needing to grasp the key issues about OSS. Addresses the fundamental questions of what, why, when, where, and how the Open Source process has been able to produce category-killing software. Softcover.

About the Author

Joseph Feller is a Lecturer with the Business Information Systems Group, University College Cork, Ireland. His research on Open Source Software is published in several prominent conference proceedings and he is the author of Customer Friendly: Design Guidelines for eCommerce. He also edits the monthly professional journal, Inside XML Solutions.

Brian Fitzgerald is Senior Researcher with the Executive Systems Research Centre, University College Cork. He is an Associate Editor for the Information Systems Journal and Data Base, and author or co-author of four books and more than 50 papers. He has presented research at a number of international conferences, and, prior to entering academia, spent more than fifteen years in industry.

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