http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1200 stormy Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:04:17 +0000 http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html#comment-1200 test test

]]> http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1199 Mårten Woxberg Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:16:28 +0000 http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html#comment-1199 Could you reverse the order in which the "Posted by:" arrives? Right now I read it as Graham Todd has posted "then why does Apple..." but it's really triton... consider this a bugreport. Could you reverse the order in which the “Posted by:” arrives?
Right now I read it as Graham Todd has posted “then why does Apple…” but it’s really triton… consider this a bugreport.

]]> http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1198 triton Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:13:20 +0000 http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html#comment-1198 then why does Apple release highly-polished software while the free software community only ships buggy, unpolished software? then why does Apple release highly-polished software while the free software community only ships buggy, unpolished software?

]]> http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1197 Graham Todd Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:48:44 +0000 http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html#comment-1197 You and Scoble have excellent points to make here. Well said. It is still difficult to translate these kinds of advantages into a case for adoption of open source tools in organizations where somewhat rigid and circumscribed compliance testing still rules the official "acceptance process". I think some good ol' marketing language that melts the hearts of hidebound "IT Managers" is whats required. The same way not "wearing a suit" was Apple's badge of legitimacy in the "switch" campaign, there's got to be some easy to grok hook for open source. Cheers. You and Scoble have excellent points to make here. Well said.
It is still difficult to translate these kinds of advantages into a case for adoption of open source tools in organizations where somewhat rigid and circumscribed compliance testing still rules the official “acceptance process”.
I think some good ol’ marketing language that melts the hearts of hidebound “IT Managers” is whats required. The same way not “wearing a suit” was Apple’s badge of legitimacy in the “switch” campaign, there’s got to be some easy to grok hook for open source.
Cheers.

]]> http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1196 S. Nilesh Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:21:31 +0000 http://stormyscorner.com/2008/08/open-source-users-arent-your-average-beta-testers.html#comment-1196 What do you exactly want to say ? .. that Open Source Software is inefficient and full of bugs ? or the opposite ?? What do you exactly want to say ? .. that Open Source Software is inefficient and full of bugs ? or the opposite ??

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