IBM / Computer Associates / Novell / Henkel / HP / Open Source Software / Microsoft / / /
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University School / /
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prepackaged software product / Apache server / server operating systems / standardized software packages / software plays / packaged software / active web sites / free software increases sales / social welfare gains / software makes / pre-packaged software products / source software / complementary products / software investment / add-on developers / software product / software development / Pre-packaged software addresses common uses / software markets / software innovations / Pre-packaged software firms / use-product / software features / web servers / simpler applications / active / software provision / software substitute / software / select / pre-packaged software monopolist / software programs / electronic devices / pre-packaged software / embedded software / web server / prototypical software / Typical software products / self-developed software / software innovation / Apache web server / software firms / comparable commercial products / /
OperatingSystem
Unix / Linux / GNU/Linux / Microsoft Windows / /
Organization
Harvard / Boston University School of Law and Research / Stanford / IDEI / /
Person
Jean Tirole / Karim Lakhani / Raymond Deneckere / Jason Woodard / Philip Schröder / Mike Meurer / Brian Wright / Jacques Cremer / Justin Johnson / James Bessen / Eric von Hippel / Jean-Jacques Laffont / Lawrence Lessig / Paul David / / /
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author / model / /
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Windows operating system / Apache / Windows / /
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Maine / /
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Unix / Linux / API / operating system / operating systems / web server / /
Open Source Software: Free Provision of Complex Public Goods July 2005 By James Bessen* Abstract: Open source software, developed by volunteers, appears counter to the conventional