Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

5-2016

Abstract

Software ecosystems as a paradigm for large-scale software development encompass a complex mix of technical, business, and social aspects. While significant research has been conducted to understand both the technical and business aspects, the social aspects of software ecosystems are less well understood. To close this gap, this paper presents the results of an empirical study aimed at understanding the influence of social aspects on developers’ participation in software ecosystems. We conducted 25 interviews with mobile software developers and an online survey with 83 respondents from the mobile software development community. Our results point out a complex social system based on continued interaction and mutual support between different actors, including developers, friends, end users, developers from large companies, and online communities. These findings highlight the importance of social aspects in the sustainability of software ecosystems both during the initial adoption phase as well as for long-term permanence of developers.

Keywords

Social aspects, Software ecosystems

Discipline

Software Engineering

Research Areas

Software and Cyber-Physical Systems

Publication

CHI '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, San Jose, California, May 7-12

First Page

3204

Last Page

3214

ISBN

9781450333627

Identifier

10.1145/2858036.2858431

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

New York

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858431

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