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Standards-Battles in Open Source Software

The Case of Firefox

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  • © 2008

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  1. Huibert Vries
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  2. Henk Vries
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  3. Ilan Oshri
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 1-5

  3. Open Source Software

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 6-19

  4. Standards and Standards-Setting

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 20-34

  5. Standardization Battles in OSS

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 35-46

  6. Industry Background

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 47-67

  7. Browser War I (1995–1999)

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 68-83

  8. Browser War II (2003–2008)

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 84-119

  9. Standard-Setting Mechanisms in Open Source Software

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 120-134

  10. What can be Learnt from these Browser Wars

    • Huibert de Vries, Henk de Vries, Ilan Oshri
    Pages 135-146

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 147-191
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Standards wars of open source software products are far from being adequately understood. Through the examination of the Mozilla Firefox case, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the drivers, mechanisms and strategies involved in winning a standards-battle in open source software.

About the authors


HUIBERT J. DE VRIES holds a MSc. degree in Business Administration (with honors) and a BSc. degree in International Business Administration, both from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Huibert studied the web browser industry over 2 years focusing on aspects relating to standards-setting processes and Open Source Software. Huibert is currently Business Intelligence Manager at Philips Healthcare in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
 
HENK J. DE VRIES is Associate Professor of Standardization at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His professional experience includes several jobs at the Dutch standardization institute NEN. His research and education concern standardization from a business point of view. Henk is author of more than 200 publications, including a PhD thesis and several other books, on standardization.
 
ILAN OSHRI is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management and Technological Innovations from Warwick Business School, UK. His main research interest lies in the area of technological innovations, learning, and knowledge management in global teams. His work has been widely published in books and journals.

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