%0 Conference Paper %1 baltzer03c %A Balzer, R. %B International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution %D 2003 %J Software Evolution, 2003. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on Principles of %K evolution software %P 57--58 %T Evolution stability through COTS integration %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1231210 %X Rather than being a major (and uncontrollable) source of instability to a COTS extension, upgrades of COTS products - over a ten year period - have produced little or no impact on our extensions. We hypothesize that this evolution stability is not an accident, but rather the result of the architectures in which those extensions were developed.

@inproceedings{baltzer03c, abstract = {Rather than being a major (and uncontrollable) source of instability to a COTS extension, upgrades of COTS products - over a ten year period - have produced little or no impact on our extensions. We hypothesize that this evolution stability is not an accident, but rather the result of the architectures in which those extensions were developed.}, added-at = {2006-09-18T06:26:07.000+0200}, author = {Balzer, R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2af2b83b9bb998bbf6c30147252e55744/neilernst}, booktitle = {International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution}, citeulike-article-id = {638224}, comment = {- suggests that COTS integration isn't that bad for managing evolution, since most evolution happens at the edges of an application model (e.g. new features don't affect previous ones)}, description = {Not previously uploaded}, interhash = {08ba4f6fb27eec19b60f63a4572dfa67}, intrahash = {af2b83b9bb998bbf6c30147252e55744}, journal = {Software Evolution, 2003. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on Principles of}, keywords = {evolution software}, pages = {57--58}, priority = {0}, timestamp = {2006-09-18T06:26:07.000+0200}, title = {Evolution stability through COTS integration}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1231210}, year = 2003 }