Whether ERP software, office applications, open-source products or online games: In terms of its economic characteristics, software differs fundamentally from industrial goods or services. Based on the economic principles and rules of the software industry, the book reveals strategies and...

A. Background: How the software industry works -- Economic principles at work in the software industry -- Software vendor strategies -- B. Specific Issues: Outsourcing and offshoring of software development -- Platform concepts -- Software as a Service. 7. Open source software