Open Source More Than Hot Air for Gift Etailer | Linux Today

Open Source More Than Hot Air for Gift Etailer

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 6, 2007

“Gift retailer RedBalloon Days is a company that prides itself
on delivering experiences for people. And since is formation in
2001, the company’s rapid rise, says its founder, can be attributed
to building its applications on top of open source software.

“RedBalloon Days CEO, or ‘chief experience officer,’ Naomi
Simpson said after a long career in corporate marketing she was
used to having everything ‘just work’ but when she started her own
business there were questions around ‘who do you call for
help…'”

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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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