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Historical Reflecions Will the Future of Software be Open Source?

The article discusses open source software (OSS), exploring the question of whether or not OSS represents the future of computer software going forward from 2008. The author, citing the 1995 book "The Future of Software," indicates that technical experts can extrapolate when trying to predict the fu...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 21 - 24
Main Author: Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Oct2008
Subjects:
Open source software
Computer industry
High technology industries
Computer programming
Future of Software, The (Book)
Management
Corporate history
Security systems
History
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