Reputation vs. marketing in open source
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| Traditionally open source gets by on reputation. Your credibility,
| your openness, your commitment to open source values, help determine
| your standing in the community, and that standing can be turned
| into cash.
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| You don't see a lot of high-cost advertising from companies like
| RedHat. It's not necessary. They put their money into support. It
| may, in fact, be counter-productive (although don't let the ad
| staff hear that).
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=866
This relates to Microsoft's disinformation machine. The poll says marketing
is no longer important.
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