software involved. We provide empirical evidence that F/OSS support is stronger in countries i) where e-government services are more largely available, and ii) where the domestic software industry is lagging behind. This evidence supports common views among F/OSS advocates.

however powerful. Considering knowledge as a mutual resource requires a rethinking of the value chain concept, since cash flow is derived from use of the knowledge base (services, complementary products), not from the knowledge itself. In a classical industrial economics perspective, this...

Discusses the use of open source to provide software for the masses for social capital. This is in contrast to the current proliferation of social media software like Facebook by commercial enterprises hoping to use social media and biases to push products and profit from personal private social...