Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry

composability and, 62-63

conceptualization and, 48-49

cost and, 62

extensibility and, 60-61

flexibility and, 60-61

functionality and, 55-57

infrastructure and, 205-206

learnability and, 58

needs and, 51-52

network effects and, 52-55

performance and, 57

pricing and, 330-334

privacy and, 59-60

productivity and, 50-51

satisfaction and, 61-62

security and, 58-59

usage and, 55

Value chain, 325

analysis of, 125-126

buy option and, 192-193

customer types and, 185

design of, 122-126

distribution and, 186-188 (see also Distribution)

implementation of, 122-129

industry-specific applications and, 191-193

infrastructure of, 122-125

license option and, 193

make option and, 192

operation stage and, 123-124

partitioning of, 173-174

provisioning and, 123

requirements, 122

software release and, 127

suppliers and, 122-125, 173-184, 185-193

upgrades and, 127-128

use stage and, 125

Verilog, 22, 296

Versions, 127-129

Viral approach, 20

Virtual machine, 99, 369n16

compilation and, 100-104

software industry and, 211-212

Virtual private network (VPN), 137

Viruses. See Security

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 322

Visual Basic Script, 101