The cathedral and the bazaar: musings on Linux and open source by an accidental revolutionary
The cathedral and the bazaar: musings on Linux and open source by an accidental revolutionary
Understanding open source software development
Understanding open source software development
Two case studies of open source software development: Apache and Mozilla
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
A Framework for Evaluating Software Technology
IEEE Software
Open Source Software Adoption: A Status Report
IEEE Software
The Many Meanings of Open Source
IEEE Software
Overlooked Aspects of COTS-Based Development
IEEE Software
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
State of the Art and Practice of OpenSource Component Integration
EUROMICRO '06 Proceedings of the 32nd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications
Comparing Assessment Methodologies for Free/Open Source Software: OpenBRR and QSOS
PROFES '08 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
Development with Off-the-Shelf Components: 10 Facts
IEEE Software
An Open Source Software Evaluation Model
International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications
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Selecting appropriate Open Source Software OSS for a given problem or a set of requirements can be very challenging. Some of the difficulties are due to the fact that there is not a generally accepted set of criteria to use in evaluation and that there are usually many OSS projects available to solve a particular problem. In this study, the authors propose a set of criteria and a methodology for assessing candidate OSS for fitness of purpose using both functional and non-functional factors. The authors then use these criteria in an improved solution to the decision problem using the well-developed Analytical Hierarchy Process. In order to validate the proposed model, it is applied at a technology management company in the United Arab Emirates, which integrates many OSS solutions into its Information Technology infrastructure. The contribution of this work is to help decision makers to better identify an appropriate OSS solution using a systematic approach without the need for intensive performance testing.