Comments on: Current Bachelor/Diplom/Master-Theses Topics http://osr.cs.fau.de/2010/02/05/current-bachelordiplommaster-theses-topics/ The Website of the Professorship for Open Source Software at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sitomtom http://osr.cs.fau.de/2010/02/05/current-bachelordiplommaster-theses-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-762 sitomtom Fri, 14 May 2010 16:33:54 +0000 http://osr.cs.fau.de/?p=324#comment-762 wonderful topics! It would be great if we can see detailed descriptions here. wonderful topics!
It would be great if we can see detailed descriptions here.

]]> By: Dirk Riehle http://osr.cs.fau.de/2010/02/05/current-bachelordiplommaster-theses-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Dirk Riehle Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:04:40 +0000 http://osr.cs.fau.de/?p=324#comment-727 Hi, thesis topics depend strongly on the interest of your advisor. You can use our ideas for inspiration, but I advise you find an advisor you can work with first. Good luck! --Dirk Hi, thesis topics depend strongly on the interest of your advisor. You can use our ideas for inspiration, but I advise you find an advisor you can work with first. Good luck! –Dirk

]]> By: Fortune Stiller http://osr.cs.fau.de/2010/02/05/current-bachelordiplommaster-theses-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Fortune Stiller Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:25:16 +0000 http://osr.cs.fau.de/?p=324#comment-723 whats the best thesis topic i can cover in 3 months,in a 3rd world country?about open source software whats the best thesis topic i can cover in 3 months,in a 3rd world country?about open source software

]]> By: Andreas Kuckartz http://osr.cs.fau.de/2010/02/05/current-bachelordiplommaster-theses-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Andreas Kuckartz Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:07:29 +0000 http://osr.cs.fau.de/?p=324#comment-695 Thanks, but I fear that I am to old and leave that topic to others. But can provide input if that would be helpful. My hypothesis is that there often are compelling reasons to move from commercial to community Open Source and also from Closed Source directly to community Open Source (if such an alternative exists). And there are also reasons for certain commercial Open Source projects (or parts of them) to become community Open Source projects. You already dealt with some of these reasons in a few of your papers. People are becoming more and more aware of the fact that there is not just Closed Source and Open Source but that there are different kinds of Open Source licenses and also that the license is not the the only aspect of an Open Source project which is important. The "market" of Open Source projects is becoming more transparent. So far I have not seen recent empirical research in that area: What do software users know about Open Source (and how is that knowledge developing over time)? What do *they* care about? Thanks, but I fear that I am to old and leave that topic to others. But can provide input if that would be helpful.

My hypothesis is that there often are compelling reasons to move from commercial to community Open Source and also from Closed Source directly to community Open Source (if such an alternative exists). And there are also reasons for certain commercial Open Source projects (or parts of them) to become community Open Source projects. You already dealt with some of these reasons in a few of your papers.

People are becoming more and more aware of the fact that there is not just Closed Source and Open Source but that there are different kinds of Open Source licenses and also that the license is not the the only aspect of an Open Source project which is important. The “market” of Open Source projects is becoming more transparent.

So far I have not seen recent empirical research in that area: What do software users know about Open Source (and how is that knowledge developing over time)? What do *they* care about?

]]> By: Dirk Riehle http://osr.cs.fau.de/2010/02/05/current-bachelordiplommaster-theses-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Dirk Riehle Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:03:22 +0000 http://osr.cs.fau.de/?p=324#comment-676 Great topic! Would you like to take it on? What would be your research hypothesis? Great topic! Would you like to take it on? What would be your research hypothesis?

]]> By: Andreas Kuckartz http://osr.cs.fau.de/2010/02/05/current-bachelordiplommaster-theses-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Andreas Kuckartz Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:48:57 +0000 http://osr.cs.fau.de/?p=324#comment-675 What about the topic "Migrating Commercial Open Source to Community Open Source" ? What about the topic “Migrating Commercial Open Source to Community Open Source” ?

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