Call for Chapters
Topic:
Successful OSS Project Design and
Implementation: Requirements, Tools, Social Designs, Reward Structures and
Coordination Methods
A book edited by Prof.
Nassim Belbaly, Hind Benbya and Regis Meissonier, GSCM - Montpellier Business,
Montpellier, France.
Proposals Submission Deadline:
October 31, 2006.
Full Chapters Due: February
15, 2007.
The book is scheduled
to be published by Gower
Publishing Limited.
Call for Chapters in pdf format
Introduction | Objectives | Target Audience |
Recommended Topics
| Submission
Procedure
Introduction
Lately, much of the innovative programming
(operating systems, software products) comes from open source projects. These
open sources projects have generated some of the most sophisticated developments
in computer technology (such as Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP,etc....). Today,
the open-source approach is so present that large technology firms such as
IBM and Sun Microsystems have become major supporters of this phenomenon.
Open source software (OSS) is increasingly viewed as a viable alternative
to traditional development as it allows a variety of public and private organizations
to achieve their desired goals at a lower cost. At the heart of the open source
phenomenon is a network of collaborative processes managed by OSS developers
that are challenging technology firms with their notion of community and cost
effective achievement. Usually, OSS developers volunteer their time and energy
to create better software and provide their applications to millions of end
users who are only too pleased to use their systems and applications.
