Proprietary vs. Open Standards in the Network Era: An Examination of the Linux Phenomenon

Proprietary vs. Open Standards in the Network Era: An Examination of the Linux Phenomenon

Joel West, UC Irvine, Center for Research on Information Technologies and Organizations (CRITO), and Jason Dedrick, UC Irvine, Center for Research on Information Technologies and Organizations (CRITO)

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2001)

For networked I.T. industries, standards adoption is a key prerequisite for attracting complementary assets. Producer firms that hope to profit from their standards success must trade off control of the standard against the imperative for adoption.