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Composition of systems requires compatibility between its components. In today’s software market the compatibility relations between components are complex: there is a variety of compatibility elements, which can be proprietary or standardized. Moreover, network externalities concur to give higher value to compatible components, while transition costs impair the migration between incompatible products. The paper analyzes the technical and economic aspects of compatibility in system composition. It presents the different perspectives of system builders and component producers with respect to compatibility in the reference domain of email systems.
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Succi, G., Predonzani, P., Vernazza, T. (2000). Compatibility Elements in System Composition. In: Frakes, W.B. (eds) Software Reuse: Advances in Software Reusability. ICSR 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1844. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44995-9_26
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