The impact of open or proprietary strategy to standard competition in software industry ─ Linux vs. Windows

• Main Authors: Kuo-fan Lin, 林國帆
• Other Authors: Chang-yung Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14631995333932909083

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 企業管理學系研究所 === 94 === This study is to develop a standard competition model base on the Network Theory. And according to the case study about the operation system competition between “Linux and Windows” to discuss the influence of “open” and “proprietary” strategy on the standard competition. The conclusions of this study are presented as follows: 1.All competitors of standard competition have to face the “competition within the single technical network” and the “competition between different technical networks”. And those two competitions maybe happens simultaneously. 2.In the competition within the single technical network, the most important task to the competitor is to build up “key network position”. And the most important task to the competition between different technical networks is to make the connection between network members more rigidly, and that will makes the whole network become more competitive. 3.Strategy that more open is better to the “competition within the single technical network”. And strategy that more proprietary is better to the “competition between different technical networks”. And the optimal level of open or proprietary strategy depends on different situations.