Standard-Setting Mechanisms in Open Source Software

Huibert Vries, Henk Vries and Ilan Oshri

Chapter 8 in Standards Battles in Open Source Software, 2008, pp 120-134 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In 1995, Netscape was the dominant standard. According to extant theory, the only possibility for late entrants to win a standards battle is by offering a product with superior quality given its price. However, IE’s quality was inferior. Yet IE managed to become the winner in standards war I. Three factors affected IE’s position in Browser War I: (1) Microsoft’s bundling of IE with Windows; (2) Microsoft’s control of key distribution channels through exclusive agreements with ISPs and OEMs; (3) Microsoft’s creation and dispersal of proprietary extensions.

Keywords: Open Source Software; Network Effect; Commercial Firm; Company Involvement; Acceptance Phase (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230595095_8

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