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Open Source Business Models
Can they increase the chance of developing successful products in terms of market shares?
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3DJH RI 1 INTRODUCTION ______7
1.1 Background ______7
1.2 Aim of the Thesis______9
1.3 Research Question______9
1.4 Method ______9
1.5 Limitations______9
2 THEORETICAL STUDIES OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE______10
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3 CASE STUDIES OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMPANIES ______22
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4 ANALYSES OF THE CASE STUDIES COMPARED TO THE THEORY______34
4.1 Case studies ______34
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4.2 Alliances in the open source environment______36
4.3 Implementing standards in alliances ______38
4.4 From the producers’ point of view ______38
4.5 From the consumers’ point of view ______38
5 CONCLUSIONS______39
6 REFERENCES ______41
6.1 The Open Source Initiative (OSI) References______41
6.2 PERL References ______41
6.3 Sendmail References ______41
6.4 Microsoft References ______42
6.5 Apache References ______42
6.6 Linux / RedHat References______42
6.7 Books ______42
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