Hello All, I am pleased to let you know that I have loaded the following on the http://freesoftware.mit.edu | http://opensource.mit.edu web site: ############################## Book chapter ############################## Author: Ilkka Tuomi Title: Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the Age of the Internet. Oxford University Press, 2002, Ch 1. http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/tuomi2.pdf Abstract: "Integrating concepts from multiple theoretical disciplines and detailed analyses of the evolution of Internet-related innovations (including computer networking, the World Wide Web and the Linux open source operating system), this book develops foundations for a new theoretical and practical understanding of innovation. It includes a detailed analysis of the Linux open source development model." The table of contents, references, and other related material is available at www.jrc.es/~tuomiil/moreinfo.html ############################################# Papers ############################################# Paper 1 Authors: Stefano Comino and Fabio M. Manenti Title: Open Source vs Closed Source Software: Public Policies in the Software Market http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/cominomanenti.pdf Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of public policies supporting open source software (OSS). Users can be divided between those who know about the existence of OSS, the ”informed” adopters, and the ”uninformed” ones; the presence of uniformed users yields to market failures that justify government intervention. We study three policies: i) mandatory adoption, when government forces public agencies, schools and universities to adopt OSS, ii) information campaign, when the government informs the uninformed users about the existence and the characteristics of OSS and, iii) subsidisation, when consumers are payed a subsidy when adopting OSS. We show that the second policy enhances welfare, the third is always welfare decreasing while mandatory adoption can be either good or bad for society depending on the number of informed and uninformed adopters. We extend the model to the presence of network effects and we show that strong externalities require ”drastic” policies. Paper 2 Author: Walt Scacchi Title: Open EC/B: A Case Study in Electronic Commerce and Open Source Software Development http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/scacchi1.pdf Abstract: This study investigates how to understand and transform an organizational system for internal or external operations using Open Source E-Commerce or E-Business capabilities. The objective is to identify and characterize the organizational resources and development capabilities that lie at the center of the initiative. Paper 3 Author: Walt Scacchi Title: Open Acquisition: Combining Open Source Software Development with System Acquisition http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/scacchi2.pdf Abstract: This study explores and develops concepts leading to the combination of best practices from open source software development (OSSD) projects with emerging capabilities for virtual system acquisition. Virtual system acquisition is an evolving approach to demonstrate significant improvements in reducing the cost and cycle time for acquiring software-intensive systems, while improving their quality. It employs techniques from electronic government applications together with those from OSSD. Paper 4 Author: Chris Jensen and Walt Scacchi Title: Simulating an Automated Approach to Discovery and Modeling of Open Source Software Development Processes http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/jensenscacchi.pdf Abstract: This paper describes a new approach to process discovery that examines the Internet information spaces of open source software development projects. Such knowledge can then be employed to determine the requirements and design of automated process discovery and modeling mechanisms that can be applied to Web-based open source software development projects Paper 5 Author: Margaret Elliott and Walt Scacchi Title: Free Software Development: A Case Study of Software Development in a Virtual Organizational Culture http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/eliottscacchi.pdf Abstract: This study examines how organizational cultural beliefs and values of a free software virtual organization influence software development processes. This study shows how these beliefs and values are manifested in software development methods, artifacts, and tool choice, as well as how dispersed developers cooperate and resolve conflict in a virtual community. Paper 6 Author: Walt Scacchi Date: April 2003 Title: Understanding Free/Open Source Software Evolution: Applying, Breaking and Rethinking the Laws of Software Evolution http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/scacchi3.pdf Abstract: This study examines whether the evolution of open source software conforms to the laws of software evolution that have been in development for more than 30 years. Given evidence and data that may not conform, it becomes necessary to consider how the laws and theory might be revamped to better account for the data that characterizes both conventional closed source software and F/OSS system evolution. Paper 7 Author: Walt Scacchi Title: Free/Open Source Software Development Practices in the Computer Game Community http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/scacchi4.pdf Abstract: This paper provides results from empirical studies that begin to outline some of the processes and practices for how F/OSS systems are developed in different communities. Examples drawn from the world of computer games reveal how processes and practices for the development and propagation of F/OSS technology are intertwined and mutually situated to benefit those motivated to use and contribute to it. -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management & The Boston Consulting Group, Strategy Practice Initiative e-mail: karim.lakhani@sloan.mit.edu | lakhani.karim@bcg.com voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://spoudaiospaizen.net/ http://opensource.mit.edu | http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://userinnovation.mit.edu