Abstract :
The Unix system and its pipelines are a model of software reuse. Although many subsequent developments weren´t similarly successful, by looking at Wikipedia and its MediaWiki engine, we find many levels of successful reuse. It seems that software repositories, package-management systems, shared-library technologies, and language platforms have increased reuse´s return on investment. The Internet has also catalyzed software reuse by bringing both developer groups and development efforts closer to their users
Keywords :
software reusability; language platforms; package-management systems; shared libraries; shared-library technologies; software repositories; software reuse; Computer languages; Engines; Internet; Java; Linux; Operating systems; Packaging; Relational databases; Robustness; Software libraries; Wikipedia; collaboration; packages; reuse; shared libraries;
