Should we be thanking microsoft, apple and google for their contributions to open source software?: The case of multinational platform leaders

Dominique Doorhof; Elizabeth A. Schermerhorn; Slinger Jansen; Sjaak Brinkkemper

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69191-6_16

Should we be thanking microsoft, apple and google for their contributions to open source software? The case of multinational platform leaders

Dominique Doorhof, Elizabeth A. Schermerhorn^*, Slinger Jansen, Sjaak Brinkkemper

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Utrecht University

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Abstract

Software producing organizations are contributing increasingly to open source software, by making their software open source or contributing to existing projects. Platform leaders contribute to open source software in different manners, but for whose interests are these companies contributing to open source software? Are contributions made by software developers as part of a software vendor or do these software producing organizations want to do what is right without benefits? So how do platform leaders contribute to open source software? By analyzing the data from GitHub repositories, the contributions to open source software by three platform leaders is researched in two dimensions, how are the developers connected and to which projects do these developers contribute. By analyzing their connectedness and analyzing the developed projects, the conclusion is drawn that contributions are made for the strategic advantage of the software producing organizations. The majority of the contributions made to open source software is to their own projects and by developers who contribute to these projects full-time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Business - 8th International Conference, ICSOB 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Karl Werder, Arto Ojala, Helena Holmstrom Olsson
Publisher	Springer
Pages	205-210
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9783319691909
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69191-6_16
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	8th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2017 - Essen, Germany Duration: 12 Jun 2017 → 13 Jun 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	304
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	8th International Conference on Software Business, ICSOB 2017
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Essen
Period	12/06/17 → 13/06/17

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Doorhof, D., Schermerhorn, E. A., Jansen, S., & Brinkkemper, S. (2017). Should we be thanking microsoft, apple and google for their contributions to open source software? The case of multinational platform leaders. In K. Werder, A. Ojala, & H. Holmstrom Olsson (Eds.), Software Business - 8th International Conference, ICSOB 2017, Proceedings (pp. 205-210). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 304). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69191-6_16

Doorhof, Dominique ; Schermerhorn, Elizabeth A. ; Jansen, Slinger et al. / Should we be thanking microsoft, apple and google for their contributions to open source software? The case of multinational platform leaders. Software Business - 8th International Conference, ICSOB 2017, Proceedings. editor / Karl Werder ; Arto Ojala ; Helena Holmstrom Olsson. Springer, 2017. pp. 205-210 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Should we be thanking microsoft, apple and google for their contributions to open source software? The case of multinational platform leaders. / Doorhof, Dominique; Schermerhorn, Elizabeth A.; Jansen, Slinger et al.
Software Business - 8th International Conference, ICSOB 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Karl Werder; Arto Ojala; Helena Holmstrom Olsson. Springer, 2017. p. 205-210 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 304).

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Doorhof D, Schermerhorn EA, Jansen S , Brinkkemper S. Should we be thanking microsoft, apple and google for their contributions to open source software? The case of multinational platform leaders. In Werder K, Ojala A, Holmstrom Olsson H, editors, Software Business - 8th International Conference, ICSOB 2017, Proceedings. Springer. 2017. p. 205-210. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69191-6_16