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Mingqing Xing - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Impact of Community and Commercial Open Source Software on the Quality Strategies of Software Producers
International Journal of u- and e- Service Science and Technology, 2016Co-Authors: Mingqing Xing, Lu ShenAbstract:This study investigates how open source Software can play influences on the quality choices of commercial open source and Proprietary Software providers. It considers two types of open source Software: community open source and commercial open source, and assumes that the usability of commercial open source Software is better than community open source substitute but inferior to Proprietary substitute. It finds that: (i) the functional quality of Proprietary Software decreases as the functional quality of community open source Software increases, but it may increase as the usability of community open source Software increases; (ii) even if commercial open source producers must open the source codes of their quality contributions, they have incentive to enhance the functional quality of community open source Software; (iii) the influence of community open source Software’s quality (usability or functional quality) or commercial open source Software’s usability on the functional quality of commercial open source and Proprietary Software may be not same; (iv) the appearance of commercial open source Software may lead to Proprietary Software producers lowering their Software functional quality.
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The effect of competition from open source Software on the quality of Proprietary Software in the presence of network externalities
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2015Co-Authors: Mingqing XingAbstract:Purpose: A growing number of open source Software emerges in many segments of the Software market. In addition, Software products usually exhibit network externalities. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of open source Software on the quality choices of Proprietary Software vendors when the market presents positive network externalities. Design/methodology: To analyze how open source Software affects the optimal quality of Proprietary Software, this paper constructs two vertical differentiation models: the basic model considers Proprietary Software monopolizing the market, and its extended one considers Proprietary Software competing with open source substitute. Findings: This paper mainly finds that the presence of open source Software does not necessarily lead to the quality of Proprietary Software decreases (or increases). The network externalities and compatibility between open source and Proprietary Software may change the impact of open source Software on the quality of Proprietary Software and may affect the quality choices of Proprietary Software vendors. Originality/value: The main contribution of this paper is to examine the effect of open source Software on the quality choices for Proprietary Software vendors in Software markets exhibiting positive network externalities.
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The impact of commercial open source Software on Proprietary Software producers and social welfare
Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2014Co-Authors: Mingqing XingAbstract:Purpose: A growing number of commercial open source Software, based on free open source Software, appears in many segments of Software market. The purpose of this study is to investigate how commercial open source Software affects Proprietary Software producer’s pricing (market share or profit), consumer surplus and social welfare. Design/methodology: To analyze the impact of commercial open source Software on Proprietary Software producer, this study constructs two vertical-differentiation models: the basic model considers Proprietary Software only competing with free open source Software, and its extended one considers Proprietary Software competing with both free and commercial open source Software. Findings: This study mainly finds that the presence of commercial open source Software leads to the Software price and profit for Proprietary Software producer decrease and the consumer surplus and social welfare increase. However, it does not necessarily cause the decline in the market share for Proprietary Software producer. Originality/value: The main contribution of this study is to examine the effect of commercial open source Software on Proprietary Software producer’s competitive strategy, consumer surplus and social welfare.
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The impact of open source Software on Proprietary Software firmsâ profit and social welfare
BioTechnology: An Indian Journal, 2014Co-Authors: Mingqing XingAbstract:open source Software has been achieved notable success in recent years and becomes a powerful rival to Proprietary Software in the Software industry. Through modifying the Cournot model, this study analyzes how open source Software affects the profit of Proprietary Software firms and social welfare. This paper supposes that Proprietary Software firms aim at maximizing profit and open source Software can be freely available. It mainly finds that the emergence of open source Software doesn’t always decrease (resp. reduce) the Proprietary Software firm’s profit or output (resp. price) and increase the social welfare. This conclusion contradicts the traditional recognition of people to open source Software
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Competition between Free Open Source, Commercial Open Source and Proprietary Software
Journal of Communications, 2013Co-Authors: Mingqing XingAbstract:This paper investigates competition between open source and Proprietary Software. Open source Software is divided into two types: free open source and commercial open source. Free open source Software can be available from the not-for-profit community, and Commercial open source Software is Software product based on free open source Software. The usability of both free and commercial open source Software is assumed to be inferior to Proprietary Software. It finds that: (i) when commercial open source vendor faces competition from Proprietary Software and free open source Software, it may still be able to obtain profits; (ii) commercial open source vendor's pricing (resp. share or profit) may still be much lower (resp. less) than that of Proprietary vendor even if its Software functionality is not inferior to Proprietary Software; (iii) commercial open source vendor's pricing and profit may not increase as its Software usability increases; (iv) Proprietary Software's price decreases with the usability of commercial open source Software. Index Terms—Proprietary Software, open source Software, price competition, Software features, Software usability
Vandana Singh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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comparison of technical support for open source Software versus Proprietary Software
Association for Information Science and Technology, 2010Co-Authors: Vandana SinghAbstract:In this poster proposal we present results from an IMLS funded research project to compare technical support for open source Software with Proprietary Software for Integrated Library Systems (ILS). The complete research project is being carried in three phases over a period of three years, in this poster we present the overall project plan and the results from the first phase of research. The poster describes the project approach by presenting the complete project plan and presents results from two survey conducted to identify expectations of librarians for technical support of the ILS that they use and then second survey was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the current technical support methods in solving the technical problems faced by librarians.
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ASIST - Comparison of technical support for open source Software versus Proprietary Software
Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2010Co-Authors: Vandana SinghAbstract:In this poster proposal we present results from an IMLS funded research project to compare technical support for open source Software with Proprietary Software for Integrated Library Systems (ILS). The complete research project is being carried in three phases over a period of three years, in this poster we present the overall project plan and the results from the first phase of research. The poster describes the project approach by presenting the complete project plan and presents results from two survey conducted to identify expectations of librarians for technical support of the ILS that they use and then second survey was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the current technical support methods in solving the technical problems faced by librarians.
Guido Wirtz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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open source versus Proprietary Software in service orientation the case of bpel engines
International Conference on Service Oriented Computing, 2013Co-Authors: Simon Harrer, Jorg Lenhard, Guido WirtzAbstract:It is a long-standing debate, whether Software that is developed as open source is generally of higher quality than Proprietary Software. Although the open source community has grown immensely during the last decade, there is still no clear answer. Service-oriented Software and middleware tends to rely on highly complex and interrelated standards and frameworks. Thus, it is questionable if small and loosely coupled teams, as typical in open source Software development, can compete with major vendors. Here, we focus on a central part of service-oriented Software systems, i.e., process engines for service orchestration, and compare open source and Proprietary solutions. We use the Web Services Business Process Execution Language BPEL and compare standard conformance and its impact on language expressiveness in terms of workflow pattern support of eight engines. The results show that, although the top open source engines are on par with their Proprietary counterparts, in general Proprietary engines perform better.
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ICSOC - Open Source versus Proprietary Software in Service-Orientation: The Case of BPEL Engines
Service-Oriented Computing, 2013Co-Authors: Simon Harrer, Jorg Lenhard, Guido WirtzAbstract:It is a long-standing debate, whether Software that is developed as open source is generally of higher quality than Proprietary Software. Although the open source community has grown immensely during the last decade, there is still no clear answer. Service-oriented Software and middleware tends to rely on highly complex and interrelated standards and frameworks. Thus, it is questionable if small and loosely coupled teams, as typical in open source Software development, can compete with major vendors. Here, we focus on a central part of service-oriented Software systems, i.e., process engines for service orchestration, and compare open source and Proprietary solutions. We use the Web Services Business Process Execution Language BPEL and compare standard conformance and its impact on language expressiveness in terms of workflow pattern support of eight engines. The results show that, although the top open source engines are on par with their Proprietary counterparts, in general Proprietary engines perform better.
Lihui Lin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact of user skills and network effects on the competition between open source and Proprietary Software
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 2008Co-Authors: Lihui LinAbstract:Despite the availability of source code, deploying open source Software in an enterprise environment requires skills. Recent surveys and case studies show that the skills of IT staff in an organization are one of the key factors in open source Software adoption decisions. Another important factor organizations consider when choosing a platform is network effects. This paper studies how users' skills and network effects may influence the market where Proprietary Software competes with open source Software. In the model, users make adoption decisions considering their own skills and the network effects of the Software, and the Proprietary Software vendor prices its product strategically. It is found that in the presence of network effects, the Proprietary Software dominates the market when the open source Software does not provide higher benefits to users. This implies that open source Software, as a low-cost substitute to Proprietary Software, may not survive in a market exhibiting network effects. To gain market share, open source Software has to outperform Proprietary Software by a large margin, which can be achieved when a significant portion of users are highly skilled and thus can customize the open source Software to better satisfy their needs.
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impact of users expertise on the competition between Proprietary and open source Software
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2006Co-Authors: Lihui LinAbstract:Despite the availability of source code, deploying open source Software (OSS) in an enterprise environment requires expertise. Recent surveys show that the skills of IT staff in an organization are one of the key factors in OSS adoption decisions. This paper develops a model where users choosing between Proprietary Software and OSS are heterogeneous in their expertise. The paper finds that as users become more skilled in OSS, the price of Proprietary Software will decline. Second, the equilibrium market structure is influenced by both users expertise and network effects. It is not surprising that Proprietary Software can drive OSS out of the market in presence of network effect, but counter-intuitively, this happens when users are highly skilled in OSS. Third, in presence of network effect, OSS may survive in the market only when it is customizable by skilled users and therefore provides significant higher benefits to users than Proprietary Software.
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Impact of User Skills and Network Effects on the Competition between Open Source and Proprietary Software
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006Co-Authors: Lihui LinAbstract:Despite the availability of source code, deploying open source Software (OSS) in an enterprise environment requires expertise. Recent surveys and case studies show that the skills of IT staff in an organization are one of the key factors in OSS adoption decisions. Another important factor organizations consider when choosing a platform is network effects. This paper studies how users' skills and network effects may influence the market where Proprietary Software (PS) competes with OSS. In the model, users make adoption decisions considering their own skills and the network effects of the Software, and the vendor of PS prices its product strategically. It is found that in presence of network effects, PS dominates the market when OSS does not provider higher benefits to users. This implies that OSS as a low-cost substitute to PS cannot survive in a market exhibiting network effects. To gain market share, OSS has to outperform PS by a large margin, which can be achieved if significant portion of users are highly skilled and thus can customize the OSS to better satisfy their needs.
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HICSS - Impact of Users’ Expertise on the Competition between Proprietary and Open Source Software
Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06), 2006Co-Authors: Lihui LinAbstract:Despite the availability of source code, deploying open source Software (OSS) in an enterprise environment requires expertise. Recent surveys show that the skills of IT staff in an organization are one of the key factors in OSS adoption decisions. This paper develops a model where users choosing between Proprietary Software and OSS are heterogeneous in their expertise. The paper finds that as users become more skilled in OSS, the price of Proprietary Software will decline. Second, the equilibrium market structure is influenced by both users expertise and network effects. It is not surprising that Proprietary Software can drive OSS out of the market in presence of network effect, but counter-intuitively, this happens when users are highly skilled in OSS. Third, in presence of network effect, OSS may survive in the market only when it is customizable by skilled users and therefore provides significant higher benefits to users than Proprietary Software.
Per Sætre - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ERP for SMEs – is Proprietary Software an alternative?
Business Process Management Journal, 2007Co-Authors: Kai A. Olsen, Per SætreAbstract:Purpose – To show that developing Proprietary Software is the best alternative for many small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Full control of the Software makes it possible to remain flexible and dynamic, and to conform to the need of the customer at any time.Design/methodology/approach – The approach is case based.Findings – Modern development tools make in‐house development feasible. Costs are often comparable to that of using standard ERP systems. In‐house development does not need to encompass all functions, as it is easy to integrate off‐the‐shelf systems with Proprietary development. Being in control of core Software is important for the day‐to‐day activities of a company, and also for gaining a strategic advantage.Practical implications – In‐house development will be most useful for niche companies. Further, SMEs will have an advantage as they more easily can integrate standard systems with Proprietary Software.Originality/value – Many managers have excluded the possibility of developing their...
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erp for smes is Proprietary Software an alternative
Business Process Management Journal, 2007Co-Authors: Kai A. Olsen, Per SætreAbstract:Purpose – To show that developing Proprietary Software is the best alternative for many small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Full control of the Software makes it possible to remain flexible and dynamic, and to conform to the need of the customer at any time.Design/methodology/approach – The approach is case based.Findings – Modern development tools make in‐house development feasible. Costs are often comparable to that of using standard ERP systems. In‐house development does not need to encompass all functions, as it is easy to integrate off‐the‐shelf systems with Proprietary development. Being in control of core Software is important for the day‐to‐day activities of a company, and also for gaining a strategic advantage.Practical implications – In‐house development will be most useful for niche companies. Further, SMEs will have an advantage as they more easily can integrate standard systems with Proprietary Software.Originality/value – Many managers have excluded the possibility of developing their...
