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Jive Software retreats from "dumb mistake" on open source
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| I'm a little late to this tale, but wanted to
| note the little spat that broke out last week
| between Portland's Jive Software and the open
| source community.
|
| It started with a white paper Jive published
| last month, provocatively titled "Jive vs. Open
| Source." Jive took it down, but accounts
| describe it as positioning Jive's software as
| superior to open source alternatives, Drupal in
| particular.
|
| Acquia, a commercial open source company
| specializing in Drupal, responded directly with
| this post, "Don't Jive Me," announcing new
| software called "Drupal Commons" as a direct
| competitor to Jive SBS.
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http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2010/04/jive_software_retreats_from_du.html
Recent:
Why is Jive bad-mouthing Drupal and Liferay?
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| In a somewhat Quixotic quest, Jive Software
| has been showcasing a white paper titled
| "Jive vs. Open Source" (PDF), with a page
| devoted to what it claims are the negatives
| of Drupal and Liferay.
|
| On one hand, as CMS Watch argues, it's
| Marketing 101 to accentuate one's positives
| while highlighting the competition's
| weaknesses.
|
| But by choosing to focus on open source, in
| general, and Drupal, in particular, Jive has
| effectively taken out a billboard
| advertisement that essentially proclaims:
| "We're really worried about Drupal. It's a
| big-time threat to our business."
|
| [...]
|
| Jive doesn't have the heft of Microsoft, but
| perhaps it's taking a page from the same
| marketing handbook.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-20002686-16.html
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