Comments on: RFC: Gearing an Open Source talk to a Microsoft heavy crowd http://blog.ghcoders.net/2007/10/25/rfc-gearing-an-open-source-talk-to-a-microsoft-heavy-crowd/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:43:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: gnuvince http://blog.ghcoders.net/2007/10/25/rfc-gearing-an-open-source-talk-to-a-microsoft-heavy-crowd/#comment-14 gnuvince Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:33:08 +0000 http://blog.ghcoders.net/2007/10/25/rfc-gearing-an-open-source-talk-to-a-microsoft-heavy-crowd/#comment-14 Stick to the appellation "open source"; no need to confuse people with the philosophical distinction of free software vs. open source. Since the open source people are not against closed-source software, but just see open source as a practical advantage, that would probably work nicely. Mention large companies who run their business on open source software: Google, Yahoo, MediaWiki, etc. Mention companies who contribute to open source software (IBM & Eclipse for example.) Do give a list of open source projects that are widely used (the ones you mentioned are very good examples.) If your company uses open source software, mention it. Open source != communism. Companies make money off of open source. Stick to the appellation “open source”; no need to confuse people with the philosophical distinction of free software vs. open source. Since the open source people are not against closed-source software, but just see open source as a practical advantage, that would probably work nicely.

Mention large companies who run their business on open source software: Google, Yahoo, MediaWiki, etc. Mention companies who contribute to open source software (IBM & Eclipse for example.)

Do give a list of open source projects that are widely used (the ones you mentioned are very good examples.)

If your company uses open source software, mention it.

Open source != communism. Companies make money off of open source.

]]> By: Jared http://blog.ghcoders.net/2007/10/25/rfc-gearing-an-open-source-talk-to-a-microsoft-heavy-crowd/#comment-13 Jared Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:24:45 +0000 http://blog.ghcoders.net/2007/10/25/rfc-gearing-an-open-source-talk-to-a-microsoft-heavy-crowd/#comment-13 Since it's a heavy Microsoft crowd, you could talk about how open source and Microsoft products can interact and be used together and not that it's one or the other. Since it’s a heavy Microsoft crowd, you could talk about how open source and Microsoft products can interact and be used together and not that it’s one or the other.

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