[wos] Muenster Economics Studies on Open Source

[Volker Grassmuck]

Hi Rishab, hi Georg,

two studies from the Muenster Institute for Computational Economics 
(MICE !) are making waves these days that no doubt have already 
reached you. One is what seems to me a quite refined version of the 
"the monetized market is the most efficient mechanism for serving 
'customer sovereignty'" rant. [1] The other poses Microsoft not a 
monopoly but as an enabler for a wide variety of idependent economic 
activity. [2]

This is part of a major roll-back and has to be refuted with the 
highest authority in economics that the free software can muster. And 
a clear statement from the free software industries. And maybe some 
investigative journalism unveiling that this stuff is paid for by MS.
 
What can we do about that? Who could write a counter-study?

best
Volker


[1] Open-Source Software: An Economic Assessment
http://mice.uni-muenster.de/mers/mers4-OpenSource_en.pdf
http://mice.uni-muenster.de/mers/mers4-OpenSource_de.pdf

[2] The Impact of Microsoft Deutschland GmbH on the German IT Sector
http://mice.uni-muenster.de/mers/mers3-EconomicImpact_en.pdf
http://mice.uni-muenster.de/mers/mers3-EconomicImpact_de.pdf


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