Comments on: Open Source Think Tank Meetings: Ross Turk and the State of the Art of the SourceForge Marketplace http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/02/10/open-source-think-tank-meetings-ross-turk-and-the-state-of-the-art-of-the-sourceforge-marketplace/ “equally critical of proprietary and open source myths, advocating software choice beyond marketing and romanticism” Tue, 22 May 2012 09:23:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Roberto Galoppini http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/02/10/open-source-think-tank-meetings-ross-turk-and-the-state-of-the-art-of-the-sourceforge-marketplace/comment-page-1/#comment-259077 Roberto Galoppini Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:36:50 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/02/10/open-source-think-tank-meetings-ross-turk-and-the-state-of-the-art-of-the-sourceforge-marketplace/#comment-259077 Hi Dominic, I believe you are right saying so, SourceForge Marketplace might greatly help users and potential customers to find professional support, especially for less known open source projects. I will soon write about my personal take aways from the Open Source Think Tank, I see <a href="http://blog.opensolutionsalliance.org/archives/101-Olliance-Think-Tank-2008-OSS-Comes-of-Age.html" rel="nofollow">you just posted on the subject</a>, well done! Keep in touch Dominic,I would be really glad to help with <a href="http://blog.opensolutionsalliance.org/archives/97-Open-Solutions-Alliance-Launches-European-Chapter.html" rel="nofollow">OSA Europe</a>. Hi Dominic,

I believe you are right saying so, SourceForge Marketplace might greatly help users and potential customers to find professional support, especially for less known open source projects.

I will soon write about my personal take aways from the Open Source Think Tank, I see you just posted on the subject, well done!

Keep in touch Dominic,I would be really glad to help with OSA Europe.

]]> By: Dominic http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/02/10/open-source-think-tank-meetings-ross-turk-and-the-state-of-the-art-of-the-sourceforge-marketplace/comment-page-1/#comment-258927 Dominic Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:03:54 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/02/10/open-source-think-tank-meetings-ross-turk-and-the-state-of-the-art-of-the-sourceforge-marketplace/#comment-258927 Hi Roberto, Good post. IMO, Sourceforge Marketplace is a great innovation for open source. At the Think Tank, we heard a lot about how enterprise customers face a shortage of expertise and support options for their use of open source. What better way to address this problem than with the same grassroots, bottom-up style that has made open source successful all along? The Marketplace enables an open, peer-to-peer model of exchanging expertise. Anybody can put up their shingle, saying they are in business of offering support and services, and anybody can find them to procure those services. Nice work, Ross! Dominic Hi Roberto,
Good post. IMO, Sourceforge Marketplace is a great innovation for open source. At the Think Tank, we heard a lot about how enterprise customers face a shortage of expertise and support options for their use of open source. What better way to address this problem than with the same grassroots, bottom-up style that has made open source successful all along? The Marketplace enables an open, peer-to-peer model of exchanging expertise. Anybody can put up their shingle, saying they are in business of offering support and services, and anybody can find them to procure those services. Nice work, Ross!

Dominic

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