Title :
Software Platforms--How to Win the Peace
Author_Institution :
FZI Res. Centre for Inf. Technol., Karlsruhe Univ.
Abstract :
We look at three historical case studies to investigate how software platforms evolve after their initial establishment. The success of a platform often creates new dynamics among the complementers which question the original architecture
Keywords :
formal specification; open systems; software architecture; interoperability specification; software architecture; software platform; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Ecosystems; Games; Hardware; History; Software standards; Standards development; Toy industry;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2007.495
