Letter from the guest editors

Abstract

About forty years ago, Doug McIlroy started the software reuse ideas as a possible way to solve the software crisis. Since then, software reuse is an important and constant topic being discussed by companies and research groups interested in productivity and quality gains, and cost reductions. In addition, the field is becoming maturethe 10th International Conference on Software Reuse will be held this year in China-and the results can be seen in the practical world, where companies are increasingly introducing reuse in their research-development-innovation agendas, combining technical and non-technical aspects.