Can Open Source Software Affect the RD Risk Choices of Proprietary Software Producer

摘要

By extending Cournot model,this paper compares the R&D risk level in markets when a proprietary software producer monopolizes and when it competes with an open source software producer.The proprietary software producer pursues profit maximization and open source software is free for users.It demonstrates that the proprietary software producer is more (resp.less) likely to choose the largest (resp.lowest) R&D risk projects when it competes with an open source software producer than when it monopolizes the software market.