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| Title: | Linux vs. Windows: A Comparison of Application and Platform Innovation
Incentives for Open Source and Proprietary Software Platforms |
| Authors: | Economides, Nicholas
Katsamakas, Evangelos |
| Keywords: | Open Source Software, operating systems, technology platforms, Linux,
innovation incentives. |
| Issue Date: | 9-Feb-2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | NET Institute Working Papers;05_07 |
| Abstract: | The chapter 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 chapter also develops a short
case study comparing Windows and Linux and identifies new directions for
open source software research. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/31460 |
| Appears in Collections: | NET Institute Working Papers Series
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