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On building with reusable software: Democratization of information systems automation through software reuse

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Software reuse is an important emerging technology. It allows consumption of reusable information, which, in turn, can contribute to democratization of information systems automation. I introduce software reuse concepts and discuss current reuse approaches, issues of economics of reuse, and currently used metaphors as they apply to the reuse consumer. The discussion should give those who have not yet began to exploit consumption of information reuse a starting point for their considerations.

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Some sections of this paper were presented, in brief, during the Third International Conference for Systems Integration held in Sao Paulo City, Brazil, July 30 to August 6th, 1994.

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Wojtkowski, W. On building with reusable software: Democratization of information systems automation through software reuse. Journal of Systems Integration 6, 203–216 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02265086

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