Marketing FOSS with donor-paid ads

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 30, 2006 6:40 PM EDT
NewsForge; By Bruce Byfield
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On December 16, 2004, the appearance of a donor-sponsored ad for Firefox in The New York Times became a landmark in the history of free and open source software. The first of its kind, the campaign received widespread attention, while the ad itself was seen as a sign that FOSS had entered the mainstream consciousness. Since then, similar campaigns have been organized both in the FOSS communities and in online social actions groups.

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