The Takeaways
The Takeaways
This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on the potential impact of open source software on economic development. It discusses the importance of evaluating the trade-offs between the use of open source and proprietary software and explains some of the motivations for encouraging competition between open and proprietary software. It also explains the implications of the findings for corporate managers and offers a number of suggestions to encourage the research community to combine economic frameworks with an understanding of the open source phenomenon.
Keywords: open source software, economic development, trade-offs, proprietary software, competition, corporate managers, economic frameworks
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