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Open-source ISVs get bona fide customer referrals
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| The recently launched online platform, on which open source developers can
| list their profiles with links to their VoIP projects, currently houses seven
| developers, hand-picked by Sangoma, with more members in the pipeline.
| Customers seeking solutions are directed to the site by Sangoma, with the
| assurance that the profiled developers are only those with which the company
| has a business association.
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| According to Sangoma's chief software engineer Nenad Corbic, the open source
| community creates great projects not often known to customers seeking
| solutions. "[The Developer Network] is a perfect fit between trying to marry
| the open source community and the business community," he said, "and we're
| kind of wedged in between."
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| The idea is that if customers want a specialized solution that Sangoma does
| not offer, then instead of letting "them go out in the wild and try to get
| these applications written by some third party", said Corbic, referring
| customers to a community of developers deemed trustworthy is a service unto
| itself.
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http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/07/open-source-isvs-get-bona-fide-customer-referrals
http://tinyurl.com/5hsogc
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Open Source: Changing Models, Changing Mindsets, Part 1
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| Despite their familiarity with marquis projects such as Linux, Firefox and
| Wikipedia, many outside the software development and high-tech community
| could be excused for not fully appreciating the impact of open source in the
| information technology world -- until lately, that is.
|
| [...]
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| To get a sense of the scope of open source adoption, the number of servers
| running on Linux operating systems grew at double-digit rates, to 12.7
| percent, for a US$1.6 billion share of the total market during this year's
| first quarter...
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/9KMRNBq3L8g6gz/Open-Source-Changing-Models-Changing-Mindsets-Part-1.xhtml
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