Open sourcing doesn't necessarily mean the product will get better. There are often "fights" in the open source community, and you could spend a lot of time dis

Open sourcing doesn't necessarily mean the product will get better. There are often "fights" in the open source community, and you could spend a lot of time discussing what features to add or not add instead of implementing them. (This of course all depends upon the method in which you open source the project/product.) If you like developing and dislike marketing, use some of that $50K and hire a marketer. You don't necessarily need lots of money to market, it just makes it easier. For example, you probably missed a good free marketing opportunity by not mentioning the name of your company or your site in this post. Try and find someone to help you become a bit more clever and tactical in your marketing efforts, and it will probably pay off much better than open sourcing. My $0.02...