AbstractsComputer Science

An Empirical Study of a Free Software Company

by Cato Pakusch




Institution: University of Oslo
Department:
Year: 1000
Keywords: VDP::420
Record ID: 1275507
Full text PDF: http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-26146


https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/10146


https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/10146/1/pakusch.pdf


Abstract

Free software has matured well into the commercial software market, yet little qualitative research exists which accurately describes the state of commercial free software today. For this thesis, an instrumental case study was performed on a prominent free software company in Norway. The study found that the commercial free software market is largely driven by social networks, which have a social capital in its own that attracts more people, which in turn become members of the social network and belivers of free software.