NDLI: The art of leveraging: how powerful nonlinear feedback processes can restructure rapidly growing technology and knowledge industries

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Diker, V.G. Scholl, H.J.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Rockefeller Coll., State Univ. of New York, Albany, NY, USA (Diker, V.G.)
Abstract	Analyzes the dynamics of the open-source software (OSS) movement and its impact on the proprietary software world, particularly its dominant player, Microsoft. We contend that OSS is here to stay, and that it has a capacity to outperform (at least in some markets) even the monopolistic market leader on the basis of superior and more numerous resources as well as more effective processes. Accelerated software development processes yield shortened time-to-market/time-to-user cycles. We use system dynamics computer modeling for capturing the feedback mechanisms and nonlinear dynamics inherent in this system of (market and other) forces. We conclude that Internet-based, large-scale intellectual collaborations lead over time to broader, deeper and more rapidly attained results than closed, small-scale and profit-oriented R&D undertakings in some areas of the software sector. We predict that the dominance of the market leader will erode in the not too distant future.
Sponsorship	Univ. Hawaii College of Bus. Adm
File Size	163518
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769509819
DOI	10.1109/HICSS.2001.926301
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-01-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Art Open source software Nonlinear dynamical systems Collaborative software Acceleration Programming Time to market Force feedback Internet Large-scale systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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