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:ZDNet: What is the Biggest Problem with Open Source?
ZDNet: What is the Biggest Problem with Open Source?
Jun 8, 2005, 02 :30 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (10111 reads)

(Other stories by Dana Blankenhorn)

"What is the biggest problem faced by the open source community? Is it marketing or our business model?

"I think it’s marketing. Over the weekend I proposed a Web ad campaign called 'I am open source.' Picture big corporate users of GPL software, real business celebrities, and link to case studies. Show people that open source is not pushed by commie-fag-junkies, but by serious people with serious problems..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
is that we've attracted idiot pundit ...   The Biggest Problem w/Open Source..   
lord vader
Jun 8, 2005, 02:41:48
 
How are we to take someone that would us ...   Seriously?   
xyzzy
Jun 8, 2005, 02:52:36
 
...What is the biggest problem faced by  ...   Look! It's the stooges!   
Brandioch Conner
Jun 8, 2005, 12:09:27
 
One of Blankenhorn or Murphey's pare ...   Playing with BB-Guns...   
GreyGeek
Jun 8, 2005, 13:29:50
 
Everyone is getting this wrong. It's ...   Wrong..   
Mike R.
Jun 8, 2005, 15:08:19
 
> 2) NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, believes ...   Re: Playing with BB-Guns...   
Bill Mason
Jun 9, 2005, 01:29:21
 
..  ...   What is the linux biggest problem ..? -> mICrO   
aNtIwInDoW$
Jun 9, 2005, 04:48:06
 
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