Comments on: Winning Pragmatists with Open Source Products http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/ The Art of Being Open Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Drupal Marketing Dissected (by Sandro Groganz, Open Source Marketing Consultant) http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-83594 Drupal Marketing Dissected (by Sandro Groganz, Open Source Marketing Consultant) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:32:28 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-83594 [...] of Drupal Association and all other members of the Drupal community, because clear messages will attract more pragmatists to Drupal’s Open Source market place - this is where the money [...] [...] of Drupal Association and all other members of the Drupal community, because clear messages will attract more pragmatists to Drupal’s Open Source market place - this is where the money [...]

]]> By: Roberto Allende http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-82797 Roberto Allende Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:08:54 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-82797 Hello Very nice article i reproduced and translated to spanish in my blog: Ganando pragmáticos con software libre[1] Dealing with pragmatics, as you describe is an issue in many communities. I'd like to add some data about Plone wich is the world i came from. In Plone you won't find a worlwide leader but a strong network of companies, every one of them is usually the leader in its own region and you can get in touch with them through plone.net[2]. At the same time the closest role of the worldwide leader in Plone-world is played by Zea Partners, wich is a formal network of Plone/Zope companies. Members of Zea Partners are companies with core developres and different regional leader providers. Then i totally agree that the corporate player have to be strong. In Plone wolrd the big company had been organized in a Institutions, but i think it's a different solution for the problem you mention. A plus of the democratic organization, a model such as the Plone or Apache foundation is a very elegant way to solve conflicts and problems in community driven products. 1. http://robertoallende.com/tecnologia/software-libre/ganando-pragmaticos-con-software-libre 2. http://plone.net 3. http://www.zeapartners.org Hello

Very nice article i reproduced and translated to spanish in my blog: Ganando pragmáticos con software libre[1]

Dealing with pragmatics, as you describe is an issue in many communities. I’d like to add some data about Plone wich is the world i came from. In Plone you won’t find a worlwide leader but a strong network of companies, every one of them is usually the leader in its own region and you can get in touch with them through plone.net[2]. At the same time the closest role of the worldwide leader in Plone-world is played by Zea Partners, wich is a formal network of Plone/Zope companies. Members of Zea Partners are companies with core developres and different regional leader providers.

Then i totally agree that the corporate player have to be strong. In Plone wolrd the big company had been organized in a Institutions, but i think it’s a different solution for the problem you mention.

A plus of the democratic organization, a model such as the Plone or Apache foundation is a very elegant way to solve conflicts and problems in community driven products.

1. http://robertoallende.com/tecnologia/software-libre/ganando-pragmaticos-con-software-libre
2. http://plone.net
3. http://www.zeapartners.org

]]> By: Adam http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-60255 Adam Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:18:32 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-60255 Great explanation and some cute diagrams! Great explanation and some cute diagrams!

]]> By: Gábor Hojtsy http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-58520 Gábor Hojtsy Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:03:27 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2008/01/03/winning-pragmatists-with-open-source-products/#comment-58520 Although this is often misunderstood, unlike some other examples you mention, Acquia is not planning on going into the consulting business. See "Will Acquia compete with developers and consultants for web development projects?" in the FAQ. So that said, Acquia might not be the model company as a one-stop shop, instead it definitely intends to play best possible with the community, not running home with the ball on its own. Although this is often misunderstood, unlike some other examples you mention, Acquia is not planning on going into the consulting business. See “Will Acquia compete with developers and consultants for web development projects?” in the FAQ. So that said, Acquia might not be the model company as a one-stop shop, instead it definitely intends to play best possible with the community, not running home with the ball on its own.

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