The use of Open Source Software (OSS) components has become a viable alternative to Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components in product development. Since the quality of OSS products varies widely, both industry and the research community have reported several OSS evaluation methods that are tailored to the specific characteristics of OSS. We have performed a systematic identification of thes...

This paper presents stress and strain analysis of outer shaft shoulder (OSS) and inner shaft shoulder (ISS) of a new paddy harvesting head (PHH) using finite element method (FEM). Snapping grain unit is a part of this head, with OSS and ISS as its members. The analysis was performed using the ABAQUS software with Dynamics Explicit Solution Method. Eight-node block and four-node tetrahedral elem...

Open Source Software (OSS), an example of an IS innovation, provides an alternative to proprietary software for organizations. Despite its free availability, OSS has not been universally adopted. While IS innovation has been extensively studied, there is a dearth of research literature on the adoption of OSS. Using a multi-site case study research method and a well known framework on the adopti...

User participation has been argued to be an integral element of open source software (OSS) development, but it has also been acknowledged that user participation of non-developer users hardly exists. This paper reports findings from an interpretive case study examining nondeveloper user participation in an OSS project. The analysis relies on the social shaping on technology tradition, viewing O...

Whilst the TeleManagement Forums’s New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) program and the OSS through Java Initiative (OSS/J) program have different foci, both have the ultimate goal of promoting the delivery of reusable OSS solutions to service providers. The NGOSS program has focused on business aspects of OSS solutions whereas the OSS/J program has focused on implementation a...

This chapter will discuss attempts to produce formal mathematical models for dynamical simulation of the development process of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) projects. First, a brief overview for simulation methods of closed source software development is given. Then, based on empirical facts reported in F/OSS case studies, we describe a general framework for F/OSS dynamical simulation mode...

The contribution of this paper is the identification and testing of factors important for the success of Open Source Software (OSS) projects. We present an analysis of OSS communities as virtual organizations and apply Katzy and Crowston’s competency rallying (CR) theory to the case of OSS development projects. CR theory suggests that project participants must develop necessary competencies, id...

The emerging work on Open Source Software (OSS) field focuses on the various factors that lead to effectiveness in OSS development teams. This paper utilizes the theory on knowledge integration to show how the capability of OSS projects in integrating knowledge influences their effectiveness. The research model is based on the idea that competency of OSS projects along three characteristics of ...

This paper aims at examining how firms create and capture value with open source software (OSS). OSS is seen as an excellent exemplar of both peer production and open innovation. Nevertheless, the use of OSS as a form of open innovation is such a recent phenomenon that many unanswered questions still persist. The very concept of OSS represents phenomena that require firms to rethink their strat...

The underlying principles of the free software movement have always been idealistic or even political. The open source movement on the other hand, is more pragmatic in their attempts to promote open source software (OSS). Employees belonging to these movements often advocate the use of OSS in their organization. Hence, decision making in organizations on the adoption of OSS may exhibit certain ...