Why Most Open Source Development Projects Do Not Succeed?

Authors:
Evangelos Katsamakas;Nicholas Georgantzas
Affiliations:
Fordham University, USA;Fordham University, USA
Venue:
FLOSS '07 Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Emerging Trends in FLOSS Research and Development
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Evidence suggests that only a small percentage of open source development (OSSD) projects are active, have significant participation, or have delivered operational software. We develop a system dynamics based simulation model to analyze the dynamics of open source project participation process and software development process. We show that the complex interaction between participation and development processes affects crucially success or failure.