Free Software’s Market-Oriented Aspects:The Example of Free Software Service Companies in France

Marie Coris

Cahiers du GRES (2002-2009) from Groupement de Recherches Economiques et Sociales

Abstract: Considering the french case of Free Software Service Companies (FSSCs), this paper analyses Free software’s market-oriented aspects. We try to answer a fundamental question for free software: is the software industry have room for an alternative economic model based on the communities’ ethic? Analysing FSSCs’ competition with traditionnal IT Service Companies (ITSCs) and regarding the integration of free software in the ITSCs’ product offer, we show how the software sector’s strutures could explain both FSSCs and ITSCs recent changes.

Keywords: Free software; Organisational production; Software industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 L86 O14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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