An Open-Source Project with a Marketing Team. Imagine That | Linux Today

An Open-Source Project with a Marketing Team. Imagine That

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 15, 2007

“Many open-source projects begin with a techie who has an itch
to scratch. None of the existing tools do exactly what he wants, so
he builds his own solution–then makes the source code available to
the world at large. Other developers, excited about the new
approach (and with an itch in the same hard-to-reach spot),
contribute bug fixes or add new features. This model works, as long
as the primary adopters are themselves technical folks… but
enterprise managers aren’t quite so keen on the idea. They want a
single phone number to call.

“That’s why I was particularly interested in talking with John
Newton, CTO and co-founder of the open-source enterprise content
management system (CMS) Alfresco…”

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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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