[Air-l] 2 New papers on opensource.mit.edu + Workshop Proceedings

[Karim R. Lakhani]

Hello All,

I am pleased to let you know that the following two papers are now live
on our website.  Many thanks to the authors that submitted the papers.

Also below you will see a link to a workshop proceedings on open source
held at ICSE 2003 which I had the privilege to co-organize with Joe
Feller, Brian Fitzgerald and Scott Hisham.

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Paper 1
Authors:
Fitzgerald, Brian & Tony Kenny

Title:
Open Source Software can Improve the Health of the Bank Balance - The 
Beaumont Hospital Experience
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/fitzgeraldkenny.pdf

Abstract:
This study describes the implementation of open source software in a 
large Irish public sector organization, Beaumont Hospital. The findings 
reveal a radical shift in open source deployment from invisible 
horizontal infrastructure systems to highly visible vertical 
applications. The case study describes the implementation of these 
systems, the difficulties encountered, and also the benefits in terms of 
astonishing cost savings of €13m over 5 years. . Given that Beaumont 
were already receiving academic pricing discounts for many of their 
original proprietary closed source applications, the savings for a 
typical commercial organization could be even higher. The study also 
identifies the primary drivers in the move to OSS, namely principle, 
pragmatism and practicality. The study also indicates how a typical 
company can contribute back to the OSS community in their own unique 
way, by distributing applications form their own domain of expertise, 
rather than having to make detailed code contributions to the original 
code base.

Paper 2

Authors:
Narduzzo, Alessandro & Alessandro Rossi

Title:
Modularity in Action: GNU/Linux and Free/Open Source Software 
Development Model Unleashed
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/narduzzorossi.pdf

Abstract:
Organizational and managerial theories of modularity applied to the 
design and production of complex artifacts are used to interpret the 
rise and success of Free/Open Source Software. Strengths and risks of 
the adoption of a modular approach in software project management are 
introduced and are related to the achievements of the GNU/ Linux 
project. It is suggested that mindful implementation of the principles 
of modularity may improve the rate of success of many Free/Open Source 
software projects. Authors suggest a possible revision towards an 
improved theory of modularity that may be extended also to settings 
different from software production.

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Taking Stock of the Bazaar: 3rd Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering

This Workshop on Open Source Software Engineering is an official event 
of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering, held at 
the Hilton Porland in Portland, Oregon, USA from May 3-10, 2003.

Workshop Overview
Building on the success of Making Sense of the Bazaar and Meeting 
Challenges and Surviving Success - the 1st and 2nd Workshops on Open 
Source Software Engineering (ICSE 2001 and ICSE 2002) - Taking Stock of 
the Bazaar will bring together researchers and practitioners for the 
purpose of discussing the diverse array of techniques, supporting tools 
and social/organizational contexts which can be observed in the domain 
of open source software (OSS).

Proceedings at:
http://opensource.ucc.ie/icse2003/

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thanks all!

Karim
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Karim R. Lakhani
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Free/Open Source Software Research Project
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