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Why use downloads as an indicator of OSS success?

by Brett Shoemaker on February 13, 2008

I continue to be surprised by the amount of weight given to downloads as a metric for OSS success. A topic Matt Asay also touched on recently over at The Open Road . Like Matt, I’m talking OSS at the product or company level (i.e., not OSS projects) and... more

• Wednesday, February 13, 2008
• in: Community
• Brett Shoemaker

Does selling mean selling out?

by Brett Shoemaker on February 01, 2008

As an open source business strategy lead here at Microsoft, I am particularly interested in community reaction following acquisition waves like the one we have seen recently (Sun/MySQL, Nokia/Trolltech, SpringSource/Covalent, etc.). While I am interested in reaction to each announcement individually, I find those that attempt to extrapolate what the event says about the broader OSS landscape especially... more

• Friday, February 01, 2008
• in: Community
• Brett Shoemaker