Authors: Olga Baysal Ian Davis Michael W. Godfrey
Venue: MSR 8th Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories, pp. 238–241, 2011
Year: 2011
Abstract: We explore the space of open source systems and their user communities by examining the development artifact histories of two popular web browsers -- Firefox and Chrome -- as well as usage data. By examining the data and addressing a number of research questions, two very different profiles emerge: Firefox, as the older and established system, with long product version cycles but short bug fix cycles, and a user base that is slow to adopt newer versions; and Chrome, as the new and fast evolving system, with short version cycles, longer bug fix cycles, and a user base that very quickly adopts new versions as they become available (due largely to Chrome's mandatory automatic updates).
BibTeX:
@inproceedings{olgabaysal2011atotb,
author = "Olga Baysal and Ian Davis and Michael W. Godfrey",
title = "A tale of two browsers",
year = "2011",
pages = "238–241",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 8th Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories"
}
Plain Text:
Olga Baysal, Ian Davis, and Michael W. Godfrey, "A tale of two browsers," 8th Working Conference on Mining Software Repositories, pp. 238–241