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What Open Source Can Learn from Microsoft

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Notice all the great publicity over the Firefox 2.0 alpha, and whether it was or wasn't released? Why doesn't the open source world follow the example given by Microsoft with its "Origami" project, and "leak" the odd bit of early code to selected bloggers who can be relied upon to get excited and to spread the word far and wide?

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crusadingknight ·
When you've got an open repository, how do you "leak" code? Anyway, would anyone really start a furor, since anyone can just grab the code anyway, and create snapshots? Myself, I've been annoyed by every Origami post I've seen - it's Microsoft's "Scare off the competition with premature release notices" tactic. Myself, I think Microsoft should learn from Firefox - concentrate on the product, not generating interest.

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