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CSMR
2004
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Adaptation of Large-Scale Open Source Software - An Experience Report
Within a long-term distributed systems project we repeatedly stumbled across the well-known yet difficult question to either implement from scratch or comprehend and adapt existin...
Markus Pizka
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
107views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 8 months ago
Foss 101: engaging introductory students in the open source movement
Can engaging students in free and open source software (FOSS) pique their interest in computer science? This paper describes an introductory computer science course that introduce...
Ralph Morelli, Trishan R. de Lanerolle
HICSS
2009
IEEE
77views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
Users of Open Source Software - How Do They Get Help?
A study was conducted across multiple open source software online technical help communities. This paper presents the types of discussions that occur, the types of questions asked...
Vandana Singh, Michael B. Twidale, David M. Nichol...
SAC
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Open source vs. closed source software: towards measuring security
The increasing availability and deployment of open source software in personal and commercial environments makes open source software highly appealing for hackers, and others who ...
Guido Schryen, Rouven Kadura
INFSOF
2006
90views more  INFSOF 2006»
13 years 7 months ago
Identifying knowledge brokers that yield software engineering knowledge in OSS projects
Much research on open source software development concentrates on developer lists and other software repositories to investigate what motivates professional software developers to...
Sulayman K. Sowe, Ioannis Stamelos, Lefteris Angel...