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Advogato: Presenting Open Source to the Enterprise – Rules of Engagement

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 11, 2000

“I thought I’d share ‘Rules of Engagement’ with everyone. Based
on my experiences ‘selling’ Open Source the last few years, it’s a
simple bullet list of do’s & dont’s that might be useful to
people who have to present Open Source Solutions to customers or
management.”

Over the course of the last few years, I’ve been had a
number of jobs that involved ‘selling’ Open Source Software
(O.S.S.) to enterprise customers. Along the way, I’ve compiled the
following short list of tips for effective
presentation…”

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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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