Open source is a sales model
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| "We don't have outside people. We don't make sales calls. We do
| everything over the phone and remotely." While most open source firms
| look at open licenses as lowering their R&D costs, it's this lower
| sales cost Soward believes is the real story.
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| "We have over 7,500 downloads in 60 countries, we're #28 at
| Sourceforge, so it is clear the demand is there." And one more thing.
| Since adding optional registration to downloads, Soward has foundm
| ore than half of his prospects now have finance titles.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=871
I suppose the same applies to open content like Wikis and blogs.
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