Compatibility is a key strategic decision in software production. Proposals exist for standards in several fields of software production, such as networking (ISO and IEEE), operat...
Giancarlo Succi, Andrea Valerio, Tullio Vernazza, ...
Network externalities are the effects on the value of a product that can be ascribed to the presence of a network of users of such product. They play an essential role in the busi...
Giancarlo Succi, Paolo Predonzani, Andrea Valerio,...
An Object Adapter is an integral part of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA). An Object Adapter assists an Object Request Broker (ORB) in delivering client reque...
Voluntary standardisation bodies regularly issue calls for increased user participation in their work groups. This paper challenges such calls. It suggests that users are not norm...