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| Title: | A Case Study of Open Source Software Development: The Apache Server |
| Authors: | Mockus, Audris
Fielding, Roy T.
Herbsleb, James |
| Keywords: | software process, code ownership, defect density, repair interval |
| Abstract: | According to its proponents, open source style software development has the capacity to compete successfully, and perhaps in many cases displace, traditional commercial development methods.We examine the development process of a major open source application, the Apache web server. By using email archives of source code change history and problem reports we quantify aspects of developer participation, core team size, code ownership, productivity, defect density, and problem resolution interval for this OSS project. This analysis reveals a unique process, which performs well on important measures. |
| Licence: | Creative Commons, non-commercial, attributive |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2038/1116 |
| bibliographicCitation: | 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering, June 4-11 2000, Limerick, Ireland |
| Appears in Collections: | Essays on OSS
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