Open Source Software No Longer Optional.

The article discusses the trend toward open source software development and sharing practices. Topics include the history of the open source software (OSS) movement in relation to programmer Richard Stallman, the role of firms Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in adopting open source approaches, and t...

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Publicado en:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 8; pp. 15 - 18
Autor principal:	Anthes, Gary
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Association for Computing Machinery Aug2016
Materias:	Open source software Computer programming Stallman, Richard M., 1953- Google Inc. Scherlis, William History
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost

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Sumario:	The article discusses the trend toward open source software development and sharing practices. Topics include the history of the open source software (OSS) movement in relation to programmer Richard Stallman, the role of firms Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in adopting open source approaches, and the opinions of computer scientist William Scherlis on open source software.