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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
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