Standards Battles in Open Source Software Free

Author: Ilan Oshri
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 023022072X

Standards Battles in Open Source Software: The Case of Firefox

In many ways, the rise of the open source web browser Firefox contradicts common wisdom and expectations. Get Standards Battles in Open Source Software computer books for free.
An industry with network effects, as is the case in the web browser industry, should follow the rationale of "the strong grows stronger, and the weak becomes weaker". This means that in the long run, a single dominant technology will prevail that prevents competing technologies from obtaining a foothold in the market. We can therefore explain the victory of Internet Explorer (IE) over Netscape mainly because IE was bundled with the Windows operating system; however, we still need to understand the rise of Firefox in a 'winner-takes-all market'. Could the characteristics of Firefox, an open source software web browser, explain this unexpected Check Standards Battles in Open Source Software our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.