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| Title: | Linux vs. Windows: A Comparison of Innovation Incentives and a Case Study |
| Authors: | Economides, Nicholas
Katsamakas, Evangelos |
| Keywords: | open source software
operating systems
technology platforms
Linux
innovation incentives |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2005 |
| Series/Report no.: | EC-05-11 |
| Abstract: | The paper analyzes and compares the investment incentives of platform
and application developers for Linux and Windows. We find that the level
of investment in applications is larger when the operating system is
open source rather than proprietary. The comparison of the levels of
investment in the operating systems depends, among others, on reputation
effects and the number of developers. The paper also develops a short
case study comparing Windows and Linux and identifies new directions for
open source software research. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/26104 |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers
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