The Transformation of Open Source Software

Brian Fitzgerald, a research fellow from University of Limerick, Ireland, wrote his analysis on MIS Quarterly Volume 30 entitled The Transformation of Open Source Software. He contend that the open source software phenomenon has metamorphosed into a more mainstream and commercially viable form, which he label as OSS 2.0. Using a framework of process and product factors, the author illustrated the open source development process has actually shifted to a more mainstream, commercially viable form - OSS 2.0. The accommodation of the mainstream ensures that the emergent OSS 2.0 will continue to thrive as a significant force in the future software landscape. Indeed it is a harbinger of an end to the current dominance of a proprietary, closed source software model.