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> Every single project, open source or not, needs to have a "Why Use It" page. Not only that, but a mention of all the major competitors with an honest factual
by rlpb 14y ago
> Every single project, open source or not, needs to have a "Why Use It" page.
Not only that, but a mention of all the major competitors with an honest factual comparison with them is really handy as well. In the FLOSS world, naming competitors won't necessarily cause a major problem and does a huge amount for trust.
- StuieK 14y agoStill building the "feature comparison" feature but we have the "why use it" pretty much sorted, example: http://slant.co/topics/what-is-the-best-search-engine-for-web-applications/opinions/elasticsearch http://slant.co/topics/what-is-the-best-search-engine-for-we...
- byamit 14y agoyeah but you can't ask Product X to tell you about Product Y because they honestly don't know Product Y well enough to speak to it.
- stedaniels 14y agoYou have to ask yourself, if your building a product and you know nothing about it's potential competitors, what are you really doing? Research is key my opinion. It avoids cases of "Hey guys, look what I invented! I call it the wheel.."