http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:48:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.7 http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1843 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:02:54 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1843 That is really fascinating, You are an excessively professional blogger. I have joined your rss feed and sit up for seeking extra of your fantastic post. Additionally, I have shared your site in my social networks

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1842 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:23:39 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1842 […] the size of the movement).  Happily for those of us who sell software, almost all OSS projects are incompetent at marketing, which matters more than technical execution.  Seth gave an example of trying to sell water: what […]

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1841 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:53:33 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1841 […] How To Successfully Compete With Open Source Software: MicroISV on a Shoestring. […]

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-2617 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:53:33 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-2617 […] How To Successfully Compete With Open Source Software: MicroISV on a Shoestring. […]

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1840 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:35:38 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1840 […] like offer attractive facilities to developers here, but are not at all usable by end users (See How to successfully compete with Open Source software by Patrick McKenzie for a critical view of SourceForge as being unsuitable for end […]

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1839 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:01:58 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1839 Excellent article depicting exactly what I am thinking (that proprietary software can and will always compete with OSS).
It also gave me a good idea: Design a good GUI for that OSS program and sell it! (how come I never thought of it before?).

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1838 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:18:03 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1838 […] This has to be made as painless as possible. There’s a great post about this – see How to Successfully Compete with Open Source Software – that I wholeheartedly agree with; I won’t reiterate the points made there, except to […]

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1837 Thu, 28 May 2009 21:41:11 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1837 Бежал от волка, попал на медведя. :)

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1836 Tue, 26 May 2009 09:40:24 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1836 А если не тайна, автор блога откуда родом?

]]> http://www.kalzumeus.com/2009/03/07/how-to-successfully-compete-with-open-source-software/#comment-1835 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:37:18 +0000 http://www.kalzumeus.com/?p=554#comment-1835 […] note: this is the Japanese translation of “How To Successfully Compete With OSS”, which I prepared because some Japanese blogs were apparently interested in […]

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