Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry

Ada, 236

C, 99, 101, 233, 368n12

COBOL, 101, 232

FORTRAN, 101, 232

HTML, 102, 205, 225, 236, 241, 319-320

IDL, 244

Java, 99-104, 187-188, 214, 223, 233, 254, 257-259, 275, 356-357

PL/1, 232

standards and, 232-233

WSDL, 262-263

XML, 225, 241, 244, 261-263, 319-320

LANs, 109-110

Laptops, 357

Law enforcement, 135-136

access field (LEAF), 287

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 139-140

government and, 285-288 (see also Government)

security and, 139-140

Layers, 24-25, 38

communication and, 213-214

heterogeneity and, 207-219, 222-229

IBM and, 209-210

IETF and, 239-240

importance of, 239-240

Internet and, 210-211, 217-218

OSI and, 241

platforms and, 222-223

protocols and, 210-211

software industry and, 207-219

spanning, 211-212, 229

SSL, 160

storage and, 207-209

TCP and, 210-211, 238

telephony and, 214-215, 217-218

types of, 216

UDP and, 210-211

Learnability, 58

Legacy applications, 60-61

Licensing, 193, 272-275. See also Property rights

component software and, 244-247

copy protection and, 267-284

pricing and, 327-338

rights management and, 276-284

TRUSTe and, 292-293

Limit pricing, 326

Linux, 78-80, 194, 225, 227

Content Scrambling System and, 295-296

multitasking and, 105-106

TiVo and, 321-322

Lock-in, 98, 317-320

Lotus Smart Suite, 62