Book Review - Internet success: a study of open-source software commons, by Charles M. Schweik and Robert C. English
RIS ID
77815
Abstract
In a historical sense, open source software (OSS) development is a relatively new activity that generates interest from software developers and students of innovation alike. The text by Charles M. Schweik and Robert C. English, titled Internet Success: A Study of Open-Source Software Commons and published by MIT Press, is therefore timely because it seeks to bring understanding developed through rigorous research to a topic dominated by, as one reviewer puts it, 'hacker folklore' (book sleeve). The reason why the authors have chosen to focus on success is perhaps obvious to those seeking to better manage OSS projects. However, the emphasis on success will act as a dog whistle to those who see failure as perhaps just as instructive to the understanding of OSS.
Publication Details
Tibben, W. J. (2013). Book Review - Internet success: a study of open-source software commons, by Charles M. Schweik and Robert C. English. Prometheus: critical studies in innovation, 31 (1), 79-84.