Meng-Shiou Shieh
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262017251
- eISBN:
- 9780262301206
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262017251.003.0011
- Subject:
- Information Science, Information Science
This chapter examines the factors that determine the success or abandonment of open-source software (OSS) commons using well-established statistical techniques. It employs five independent variables ...
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This chapter examines the factors that determine the success or abandonment of open-source software (OSS) commons using well-established statistical techniques. It employs five independent variables (software developers, tracker reports, page visits, forum posts, and Project Information Index) and analyzes 2009 data from the Notre Dame SourceForge.net repository. The chapter considers the initiation stage first, followed by the growth stage.Less
This chapter examines the factors that determine the success or abandonment of open-source software (OSS) commons using well-established statistical techniques. It employs five independent variables (software developers, tracker reports, page visits, forum posts, and Project Information Index) and analyzes 2009 data from the Notre Dame SourceForge.net repository. The chapter considers the initiation stage first, followed by the growth stage.
Charles M. Schweik and Robert C. English
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262017251
- eISBN:
- 9780262301206
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262017251.003.0012
- Subject:
- Information Science, Information Science
This study was motivated by the power of openness in combination with the Internet’s global reach and the potential of open-source software (OSS) to understand online collaboration. It looked at ...
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This study was motivated by the power of openness in combination with the Internet’s global reach and the potential of open-source software (OSS) to understand online collaboration. It looked at theoretical factors that might be important for success or abandonment of OSS projects, and examined success and abandonment in the initiation stage and growth stage of project development. The study analyzed 2006 data from SourceForge.net and The Survey on Free/Libre and Open-Source Success to assess success and abandonment.Less
This study was motivated by the power of openness in combination with the Internet’s global reach and the potential of open-source software (OSS) to understand online collaboration. It looked at theoretical factors that might be important for success or abandonment of OSS projects, and examined success and abandonment in the initiation stage and growth stage of project development. The study analyzed 2006 data from SourceForge.net and The Survey on Free/Libre and Open-Source Success to assess success and abandonment.
MalColm H. Dunn and Joseph P. Ganahl
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- March 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780198829911
- eISBN:
- 9780191868368
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198829911.003.0010
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter addresses the issue of whether development economics has made a significant contribution to transformation studies. It gives an overview of the major debates in development economics and ...
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This chapter addresses the issue of whether development economics has made a significant contribution to transformation studies. It gives an overview of the major debates in development economics and reveals two basic theoretical positions. A market-oriented theory that accords only a subordinate role to the state, and a statist model that regards the state as the central actor in the process of development, continue to dominate the debate in development economics even today. These two sides, however, are not so fundamentally opposed that they could be mistaken for being involved in a debate over which economic system is most effective in terms of raising living standards in developing countries. Socialist or even communist positions have never attained any real significance within development economics. In this respect development economics has not contributed much to transformation studies, if transformation is understood as a fundamental shift from a market-driven capitalist system to a non-capitalist economy.Less
This chapter addresses the issue of whether development economics has made a significant contribution to transformation studies. It gives an overview of the major debates in development economics and reveals two basic theoretical positions. A market-oriented theory that accords only a subordinate role to the state, and a statist model that regards the state as the central actor in the process of development, continue to dominate the debate in development economics even today. These two sides, however, are not so fundamentally opposed that they could be mistaken for being involved in a debate over which economic system is most effective in terms of raising living standards in developing countries. Socialist or even communist positions have never attained any real significance within development economics. In this respect development economics has not contributed much to transformation studies, if transformation is understood as a fundamental shift from a market-driven capitalist system to a non-capitalist economy.
