The Success of Open Source by Steven Weber
The Success of Open Source by Steven Weber
Publisher: Harvard University Press | ISBN: 0674012925 | edition April 30, 2004 | PDF | 320 pages | 5.75 MB
Publisher: Harvard University Press | ISBN: 0674012925 | edition April 30, 2004 | PDF | 320 pages | 5.75 MB
In the world of open-source software, true believers can be a fervent bunch. Linux, for example, may act as a credo as well as an operating system. But there is much substance beyond zealotry, says Steven Weber, the author of The Success of Open Source…An open-source operating system offers its source code up to be played with, extended, debugged, and otherwise tweaked in an orgy of user collaboration. The author traces the roots of that ethos and process in the early years of computers…He also analyzes the interface between open source and the worlds of business and law, as well as wider issues in the clash between hierarchical structures and networks, a subject with relevance beyond the software industry to the war on terrorism.
The Success of Open Source by Steven Weber
