Perspectives on Open Source Software

Abstract

Open source software (OSS) is emerging as the software community's next "silver bullet" and appears to be playing a significant role in the acquisition and development plans of the Department of Defense (DoD) and industry. Yet, as with all previous silver bullets, there are problems with blindly embracing the 055 paradigm. To become familiar with the benefits and pitfalls of using 055, the Software Engineering Institute (SEl) undertook an internally funded study looking at it from various perspectives: * the user of 055 * the developer of 055 * the organizations looking to deploy software systems comprised (partially or completely) of 055 components During the period of this study, members of the SEl technical staff hosted meetings, conducted interviews, participated in open source development activities, workshops, and conferences, and studied available literature on the subject. Through these activities, the authors have been able to support and sometimes refute common perceptions about 055. This report is the result of their study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA401728

Entities

People

  • Charles Weinstock
  • Daniel Plakosh
  • Jayatirtha Asundi
  • Scott A. Hissam

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Information Systems
  • Open Source Software
  • Operating Systems
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Software Testing
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Software Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies