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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? The UI could kill small animals.

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Does Drupal Suffice For Your Enterprise Needs?

YoungUpstarts

W e will also discuss how Drupal supports the web system of enterprises and helps them boost their commerce, community, and content and how it fits seamlessly to deliver enterprise ready solutions. How Does Drupal Help Your Website? Drupal speeds up your development process because it is easy to extend, easy to build.

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Awesome Austin Tech Events, May 1–7

Austin Startup

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 1 through May 7 are as follows: Monday, May 1: Food & Tech ATX Meet Up (FREE) If working on current or future challenges associated with food, you are invited to come network with innovators and ahead-of-the-curve thinkers in this community. At Capital Factory at 6:30 pm.

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What we can learn from the evolution of Content Management Systems

The Next Web

1st phase (late 90s, early 00s): New Web programming languages and frameworks. Then, the first languages designed for Web development began to show up. Developers used PHP, Perl and similar programming languages to build websites. A look at how CMS evolved.

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

mashable.com

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? That’s one of the things we might develop during the summer program. We collectively get thousands of submissions, but only 1% are selected.

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. But by the time I was building my first websites for commercial use , PHP had taken over. But that just begs the question: why does PHP have the most thriving community?

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

mashable.com

and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors.

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