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Scenarios on Adoption of Open Source Software in the Communications Software Industry

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Software Business (ICSOB 2011)

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We examine the trends and developments affecting the adoption of open source software in the communications software industry. Based on expert interviews and scenario analysis, four alternative and possibly co-existing scenarios are derived. The analysis suggests that communication service providers will mostly deploy open source software in infrastructure software. Alternative developments include use of open source software in launching new services and in cloud computing. The present study is relevant particularly for technology managers considering open source strategies.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, Agora, FI-40014, Finland

    Eetu Luoma & Lauri Frank

  2. School of Economics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 21210, FI-00076, Aalto, Finland

    Mikko Riepula

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Lund University, 221 00, Lund, Sweden

    Björn Regnell

  2. Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Inge van de Weerd

  3. Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Olga De Troyer

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Luoma, E., Riepula, M., Frank, L. (2011). Scenarios on Adoption of Open Source Software in the Communications Software Industry. In: Regnell, B., van de Weerd, I., De Troyer, O. (eds) Software Business. ICSOB 2011. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21544-5_10

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