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Open up the source or Not.. That's the question

After writing my own management system, including somewhat radical ideas,  and implementing it on a couple of projects, I now am deciding what to do.
I am able and willing to open up the source but then?

Questions that arise are:
Open up the source?   What would I and the system benefit from this action?  Will it scare of customers? Am I getting an extra restriction?
Keeping it to myself?   How to get it promoted? But as it is mine I can do with it as I like.. Will I loose than benefit ?


In being a one man company I regularly get the comment that I am a too small company to be able maintain a system for a longer period of time and therefor are looking at other providers and there systems.
Would opening up the source and creating it as an Open Source project make me as a company stronger?

Anybody having Ideas suggestions experience in open source projects he/she started ? positive and negative are welcome!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Feb 25 2005, 04:54 PM by Michael Hensen | with 8 comment(s)

Comments

TrackBack said:

# February 25, 2005 5:41 AM

TrackBack said:

# February 27, 2005 11:11 PM

Mischa Kroon said:

I'd say it all depends on what you want to do.
If it's good enough people will start to use it and if that's the case then you can be the expert everyone runs to for support / fastest implementations.

Get up a support contract and get a continued income flow.

# February 28, 2005 10:15 AM

Michael Hensen said:

I think that's the most important. I think there are some nice features in the basis.. But I could be wrong looking at other comments recieved :-)

I still am not sure how to get this of the ground. Perhaps as excuse that there are not that many .net open source projects in contrast of Java
# February 28, 2005 3:05 PM

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^_^,Pretty Good!
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