-- th e e ffort re q u ire d to grow ing and
m anaging e cosyste m s and th e
cou pl

ings w ith th e com pany

-- th e ab il

ity to k e e p u p w ith w orl

dw ide

innovation du e to th e gl

ob al

natu re of

ope n sou rce com m u nitie s

-- m anaging th e u nk now n of adoption by
m ainstre am cu stom e rs

-- m anaging th e u nk now n of com pany
adaptation to val

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b u sine ss m ode l

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e cosyste m

Al

th ou gh ope n sou rce is popu l

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ab oration

ach ie ve d by ope n sou rce e xte nds b e yond
softw are into conte nt, h ardw are , proce ss,
and scie nce dom ains. Col

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ab orative

de sign and de ve l

opm e nt is incre asingl

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b e com ing a force in th e m ark e tpl

ace , so

u nde rstanding th e dynam ics is im port-
ant. Th is is a re l

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th e su b je ct of ne w re se arch .

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e ve raging and com -

m e rcial

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e dge for k e y ope n sou rce topics h as

b e e n de scrib e d in a nu m b e r of pu b l

ic se s-

sions de dicate d to th is topic. Th e Tal

e nt

First Ne tw ork in col

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ab oration w ith in-

du stry l

e ade rs, ope n sou rce fou ndations,