Software Metric Analysis of Open-Source Business Software

A Framework Analysis of Business Models for Open Source Software

The aim of this research is to identify the key elements in the success of business models for companies producing open source software. We have defined a new framework that can be used to evaluate existing and new business models in this area. Based on our analysis, we have identified two classes of business models for open source which in our opinion have the potential for success: Commodity ...

Building a Business on Open Source Software

For many years, free and open source software was exclusively associated with the research community, in contrast to the closed source products developed by commercial software vendors. Over the past decade, there has been a vast increase in the availability of open source software, growing from such projects as Linux and Apache. Open source software is being widely adopted in industry, which h...

Open-source Multibody Analysis Software

This paper discusses the opportunity, for the community of multibody developers and users, of the availability of Open Source multibody analysis software implementations. The basic characteristics of such implementations are drawn, and a critical review of what is available is presented.

Democratizing Business Software: Small Business Ecosystems for Open Source Applications

Requirements Analysis of Medical Open Source Software

Several previous studies have argued that requirements of open source projects are often asserted by developers rather than derived from users. An explanation for this phenomenon is that developers of open source products are usually users. One may doubt whether this is still the case in software with focused user communities, such as medical software. The paper investigated the features of Ope...