Comments on: Open Source Vendors Must Think Global http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2010/01/25/open-source-vendors-must-think-global/ The Art of Being Open Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:54:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ordnas http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2010/01/25/open-source-vendors-must-think-global/comment-page-1/#comment-261737 ordnas Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:27:08 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/?p=718#comment-261737 Hi Markus, downloads is indeed a very important and the most obvious point, supporting the fact that Open Source vendors (should) attract a global audience right from the start and any time. Sandro Hi Markus,

downloads is indeed a very important and the most obvious point, supporting the fact that Open Source vendors (should) attract a global audience right from the start and any time.

Sandro

]]> By: Markus http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/2010/01/25/open-source-vendors-must-think-global/comment-page-1/#comment-261733 Markus Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:59:50 +0000 http://sandro.groganz.com/weblog/?p=718#comment-261733 Hi Sandro, very good point you are making. Working for a German based Open Source BI company, I only can support what your are saying. If OS vendors would like to grow there community then they have to think global and outside there domain. We have more then 50% of our downloads comming from outside Germany. If we would negelect these activities we would lose a big share of users of our product. If we then in a later stage would like to enter more martkets it would be difficult to get in as some other OS vendors started to global rigth from the beginning. I think also European based investors should understand this approach more in the future. Best Markus P.S.: Pls contact me if you are going to visit Freiburg on the 10th Hi Sandro, very good point you are making. Working for a German based Open Source BI company, I only can support what your are saying. If OS vendors would like to grow there community then they have to think global and outside there domain. We have more then 50% of our downloads comming from outside Germany. If we would negelect these activities we would lose a big share of users of our product. If we then in a later stage would like to enter more martkets it would be difficult to get in as some other OS vendors started to global rigth from the beginning. I think also European based investors should understand this approach more in the future.
Best
Markus

P.S.: Pls contact me if you are going to visit Freiburg on the 10th

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