Standards-Battles in Open Source Software
eBook - PDF

Standards-Battles in Open Source Software

The Case of Firefox

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Standards-Battles in Open Source Software

The Case of Firefox

About this book

Standards wars of open source software products are far from being adequately understood. Through the examination of the Mozilla Firefox case, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the drivers, mechanisms and strategies involved in winning a standards-battle in open source software.

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Yes, you can access Standards-Battles in Open Source Software by I. Oshri,Kenneth A. Loparo,Henk de Vries in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Strategia di business. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Open Source Software
  9. 3 Standards and Standards-Setting
  10. 4 Standardization Battles in OSS: A Theoretical Framework
  11. 5 Industry Background
  12. 6 Browser War I (1995–1999): Microsoft Versus Netscape
  13. 7 Browser War II (2003–2008): Mozilla Versus Microsoft
  14. 8 Standard-Setting Mechanisms in Open Source Software
  15. 9 What can be Learnt from these Browser Wars
  16. Appendix: Worldwide Market Share
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index