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:ZDNet UK: Open Source Projects 'Need More Customer Focus'
ZDNet UK: Open Source Projects 'Need More Customer Focus'
Jun 3, 2005, 17 :30 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (9815 reads)

(Other stories by Ingrid Marson)

"Open source projects need to be more customer focussed if they are to succeed in the corporate marketplace, according to several companies attending the Holland Open Software Conference in Amsterdam this week.

"Alan Williamson, an open source evangelist at IT services company SpikeSource, said that one reason open source projects fail is that some developers do not think about the features that customers will need..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"open source project teams are not alway ...   This is ridiculous   
Bill Mason
Jun 3, 2005, 17:58:49
 
The focus on customer needs will and sho ...   Proportional   
da
Jun 3, 2005, 18:19:29
 
Since 99% of open source projects are do ...   This is funny   
Jimmy the Geek
Jun 3, 2005, 19:05:54
 
I see a pattern. The pattern is a series ...   Again, more attempt to confuse the market...   
Nicholas Donovan
Jun 3, 2005, 19:09:19
 
...Open source projects need to be more  ...   Same old crap.   
Brandioch Conner
Jun 3, 2005, 19:57:57
 
I believe you nailed it, Nick!From the a ...   Re: Again, more attempt to confuse...   
GreyGeek
Jun 3, 2005, 20:26:37
 
>> ...Alan Williamson, an open source ev ...   Re: Same old crap.   
R.L.
Jun 3, 2005, 20:40:14
 
The only ones interested in what corpora ...   Support this....   
BD
Jun 3, 2005, 21:40:01
 
You know some of these companies need to ...   lot they know   
stumbles
Jun 3, 2005, 22:32:50
 
.A project roadmap is another feature th ...   lock me in   
stumbles
Jun 3, 2005, 22:47:31
 
To be fair, not all packages implement u ...   Re: Re: Again, more attempt to confuse...   
Charles Hixson
Jun 3, 2005, 22:53:31
 
The concept of customer and customer ser ...   Proprietory thinking   
Karl Lam
Jun 4, 2005, 08:50:06
 
Look at the great 'roadmap' for  ...   project roadmaps   
Phillip Brown
Jun 5, 2005, 01:45:42
 
He we go again.  We have another schlep  ...   Open Source = community   
Joe Almeida
Jun 5, 2005, 23:31:52
 
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