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InfoWorld: The Open Source Sales Cycle

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 14, 2006

“The myths around open source are much the same. I’ve heard them
so often that I rarely take time to critically evaluate what is
being said. Heck, I’m as often as not the one regurgitating them.
Open source developers and vendors mime the words, singing along to
the catchy tune, because it serves their interests. Anything that
smacks of a contrarian opinion is hounded out of the room.

“The more time I spend with IT buyers, however, the more I
realize they just want objective information…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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