Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2011
It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. The community they had developed was extremely valuable and is what differentiated StackOverflow from the free, open source alternatives that were created in response to StackExchange. How do you get to the top of the rankings?
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