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.
