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All valid points, but this makes me sad: >and there must be tons of marketing to promote it. It used to be “build it and they will come”. Open source projects
by jmiserez 9y ago
All valid points, but this makes me sad:
>and there must be tons of marketing to promote it.
It used to be “build it and they will come”. Open source projects don’t have millions to spend on marketing.
- FooBarWidget 9y agoThat is false. It has never been "build it and they will come". Open source projects do need to spend millions on marketing. They just aren't necessarily paid for in money or by a single party. The Linux hype of the late 1990s came from the effort of thousands, tens of thousands of advocates who devoted their free time (which costs money). And just look at any popular devops tools today -- the most popular projects have very slick-looking websites and organize tons of community events, all of which cost time and money to implement. This is what I mean by "it may feel wrong". We developers like to buy into this fantasy of "build it and they will come" but it has never been true.