DISTRIBUTING QUALITY-CONTROLLED SOFTWARE VIA THE INTERNET

Authors
CHARLTON CC DUNNE PE LENG PH LITTLE J WOODWARD MR
Citation
Cc. Charlton et al., DISTRIBUTING QUALITY-CONTROLLED SOFTWARE VIA THE INTERNET, Microprocessing and microprogramming, 40(10-12), 1994, pp. 861-864
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Hardware & Architecture
Journal title
Microprocessing and microprogramming → ACNP
ISSN journal
01656074
Volume
40
Issue
10-12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
861 - 864
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-6074(1994)40:10-12<861:DQSVTI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We describe in this paper an archive of software which has been establ ished and made available to users of the Internet. The archive was est ablished initially as a collection of public domain software,, made av ailable to users at no cost. Use of the archive has grown rapidly: it now contains over 600 items, and withdrawals take place to some 50 cou ntries world-wide at a rate of about 40,000 items each month. We descr ibe here the organisation of the archive and summarise its contents. A particular aspect of this has been our aim to define qualitative crit eria for the inclusion of software in this collection, and we discuss our approach to this and other issues.