DocumentCode
47252
Title
The Market-Driven Software Ecosystem
Author
Liguo Yu
Author_Institution
Indiana Univ. South Bend, South Bend, IN, USA
Volume
15
Issue
5
fYear
2013
fDate
Sept.-Oct. 2013
Firstpage
46
Lastpage
50
Abstract
The success of a software product depends not only on the quality of the functions it provides but also on the success of its interdependent hardware, software, and other players within its ecosystem. The software ecosystem studied thus far has largely ignored the importance of the market, which is the ecosystem´s energy source. The market affects all players in the ecosystem, determining whether the software product can succeed. The author analyzes this market-driven software ecosystem in both the open source and mobile computing communities.
Keywords
ecology; mobile computing; public domain software; ecosystem energy source; market-driven software ecosystem; mobile computing community; open source software; software product; Ecosystems; Government; Marketing and sales; Mobile computing; Open source software; market; mobile computing community; open-source community; software ecosystem;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IT Professional
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1520-9202
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MITP.2012.102
Filename
6313587
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