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Software ecosystems vs. natural ecosystems: learning from the ingenious mind of nature

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posted on 2012-07-13, 14:57 authored by Deepak Dhungana, Iris Groher, Elisabeth Schludermann, Stefan Biffl
The use of the term ecosystem in the context of extensible software platforms and third-party developers or user communities has made us ponder about the similarities between software ecosystems and natural ecosystems. We therefore compare software ecosystems and natural ecosystems to present an agenda for further research by analyzing some key characteristics of both types of ecosystems. We discuss the regulatory factors and mechanisms existing in nature, and then deduce key challenges that need to be dealt with, in order to achieve healthy operation of software ecosystems.

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Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Software Architecture: Companion Volume;

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Association for Computing Machinery

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"© ACM, 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Software Architecture: Companion Volume http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1842752.1842777

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