%0 Journal Article %J Ibm Systems Journal %D 2005 %T The Jikes research virtual machine project: Building an open-source research community %A Alpern, B. %A Augart, S. %A Blackburn, S. M. %A Butrico, M. %A Cocchi, A. %A Cheng, P. %A Dolby, J. %A Fink, S. %A Grove, D. %A Hind, M. %A McKinley, K. S. %A Mergen, M. %A Moss, J. E. B. %A Ngo, T. %A Sarkar, V. %A Trapp, M. %X This paper describes the evolution of the Jikes (TM) Research Virtual Machine project from an IBM internal research project, called Jalapeno, into an open-source project. After summarizing the original goals of the project, we discuss the motivation for releasing it as an open-source project and the activities performed to ensure the success of the project. Throughout, we highlight the unique challenges of developing and maintaining an open-source project designed specifically to support a research community. %B Ibm Systems Journal %V 44 %P 399-417 %G eng %M WOS:000229333800018 %1 information systems %2 case study