An Investigation of the Users' Perception of OSS Quality

V del Bianco; L Lavazza; S Morasca; Davide Taibi; Davide Tosi

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_2

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An Investigation of the Users' Perception of OSS Quality

V del Bianco, L Lavazza, S Morasca, Davide Taibi and Davide Tosi

Open source software, Vol.319, pp.15-28

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 319

6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010 (Notre Dame, IN, 30/05/2010 - 02/06/2010)

01/01/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13244-5_2

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https://hdl.handle.net/10863/34226

Abstract

Open source software quality

Perceived quality

Trustworthiness

The quality of Open Source Software (OSS) is generally much debated. Some state that it is generally higher than closed-source counterparts, while others are more skeptical. The authors have collected the opinions of the users concerning the quality of 44 OSS products in a systematic manner, so that it is now possible to present the actual opinions of real users about the quality of OSS products. Among the results reported in the paper are: the distribution of trustworthiness of OSS based on our survey; a comparison of the trustworthiness of the surveyed products with respect to both open and closed-source competitors; the identification of the qualities that affect the perception of trustworthiness, based on rigorous statistical analysis. © 2010 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

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Title: An Investigation of the Users' Perception of OSS Quality
Creators: V del Bianco - University College Dublin
L Lavazza - University of Insubria
S Morasca - University of Insubria
Davide Taibi - University of Insubria
Davide Tosi - University of Insubria
Publication Details: Open source software, Vol.319, pp.15-28
ISBN: 9783642132438
ISSN: 1868-4238
EISSN: 1868-422X
Conference: 6th International IFIP WG 2.13 Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2010 (Notre Dame, IN, 30/05/2010 - 02/06/2010)
Series / Volume: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
319
Publisher: Springer
Berlin
Number of pages: 14
Identifiers: 978-364213243-8
(UNIBZ)19866
991006493779701241
Web of Science ID: 000306295800002
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84872010245
Academic Unit: Faculty of Computer Science
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Author Names String: del Bianco V, Lavazza L, Morasca S, Taibi D, Tosi D

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