Economic model for impact of open source software
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چکیده
At first glance, the competition between open-source software products and proprietary software products seems puzzling. Simple analogies to other sorts of products, such as consumer goods (e.g. microwave ovens), are counter-intuitive. On one hand, it is unclear how one can successfully demand a price for something which is being given away freely. On the other hand, it does not appear to be sustainable to make open-source products freely available.
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