Hello All, I am pleased to let you know that the following two papers are now live on our website. Many thanks to the authors that submitted the papers. Also below you will see a link to a workshop proceedings on open source held at ICSE 2003 which I had the privilege to co-organize with Joe Feller, Brian Fitzgerald and Scott Hisham. ********************************* Paper 1 Authors: Fitzgerald, Brian & Tony Kenny Title: Open Source Software can Improve the Health of the Bank Balance - The Beaumont Hospital Experience http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/fitzgeraldkenny.pdf Abstract: This study describes the implementation of open source software in a large Irish public sector organization, Beaumont Hospital. The findings reveal a radical shift in open source deployment from invisible horizontal infrastructure systems to highly visible vertical applications. The case study describes the implementation of these systems, the difficulties encountered, and also the benefits in terms of astonishing cost savings of €13m over 5 years. . Given that Beaumont were already receiving academic pricing discounts for many of their original proprietary closed source applications, the savings for a typical commercial organization could be even higher. The study also identifies the primary drivers in the move to OSS, namely principle, pragmatism and practicality. The study also indicates how a typical company can contribute back to the OSS community in their own unique way, by distributing applications form their own domain of expertise, rather than having to make detailed code contributions to the original code base. Paper 2 Authors: Narduzzo, Alessandro & Alessandro Rossi Title: Modularity in Action: GNU/Linux and Free/Open Source Software Development Model Unleashed http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/narduzzorossi.pdf Abstract: Organizational and managerial theories of modularity applied to the design and production of complex artifacts are used to interpret the rise and success of Free/Open Source Software. Strengths and risks of the adoption of a modular approach in software project management are introduced and are related to the achievements of the GNU/ Linux project. It is suggested that mindful implementation of the principles of modularity may improve the rate of success of many Free/Open Source software projects. Authors suggest a possible revision towards an improved theory of modularity that may be extended also to settings different from software production. ************************************************************** Taking Stock of the Bazaar: 3rd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering This Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering is an official event of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering, held at the Hilton Porland in Portland, Oregon, USA from May 3-10, 2003. Workshop Overview Building on the success of Making Sense of the Bazaar and Meeting Challenges and Surviving Success - the 1st and 2nd Workshops on Open Source Software Engineering (ICSE 2001 and ICSE 2002) - Taking Stock of the Bazaar will bring together researchers and practitioners for the purpose of discussing the diverse array of techniques, supporting tools and social/organizational contexts which can be observed in the domain of open source software (OSS). Proceedings at: http://opensource.ucc.ie/icse2003/ ************************************************** thanks all! Karim -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management MIT Free/Open Source Software Research Project e-mail: karim.lakhani@sloan.mit.edu voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://spoudaiospaizen.net/ http://opensource.mit.edu | http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://userinnovation.mit.edu