Open Source Systems, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Open Source Systems

This book contains most of the papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Open Source Systems, held in Genova, Italy, July 2005. The goal of OSS2005 has been to promote the exchange of new ideas, research and applications in the emerging field of Open Source Software. Despite this was the first edition of the conference, the number of contributions has been remarkably high. Also, there has been a remarkable distribution of the submissions from all over the world: there have been 53 accepted papers of 146 researchers coming from 22 countries. We are proud to say that this is the best evidence that our goal has been satisfied. Moreover, it demonstrates that Open Source Software is gaining more and more momentum. The volume is organized in 6 parts: papers, posters and experience report, the ESPERTA session (in Italian), the demo summaries, the PhD research plans, and the papers from the Educational Symposium. Then, each part is organized on thematic sessions. OSS2005 (and this volume) could have not have been done without the very valuable support of several researchers, who volunteered their time for the success of the event. Among the many, we would like to thank Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona (organizer of the Open Educational Symposium and Barbara Russo (organizer of the Ph.D. Symposium). Special thanks also go to the members of the Organizing Committee, Francesco Di Cerbo, Bruno Rossi, and Paolo Vernazza for their essential contributions to the OSS 2005 web site management and local organization. We hope that you will have a very interesting and happy reading.