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supply chain management has been considered by many researchers in order to coordinate the chain members in this new age so that it is considered as a strategic approach for demands, operations, procurements and managing logistical processes. the present study deals with survey of supply components in supply chain management and their effect on organization performance. the research conceptual ...

This article proposes an analogy between organic life forms and software packages. It uses Charles Darwin’s arguments of natural selection, such as increased variability and ease of reproduction, to support the claim that Free Software enjoys important competitive advantages over proprietary software.