7 Rules Of Doing Business In Open Source How to win battle of hearts and minds in open source business and communities. Rules and Guidelines of Doing business in open source. Related blog post: http://saunzal.org/2009/02/7-rules-of-doing-business-with-open-source.html

1. 7 RULES
OF
DOING BUSINESS
WITH
OPEN SOURCE
MIR NAZIM
iKraft Software Pvt Ltd
mir.nazim@ikraftsoft.com
blog: http://saunzal.org

2. RULE 1
BE
PASSIONATE
(open source == passion)
if you don't love it, you do not know it

3. RULE 2
BE
AN
EVANGELIST
(open source + passion => evangelist)
use, promote and advocate

4. RULE 3
DO
ONE THING
AND DO IT WELL
(unix was built that way. And unix is big!)
if you do it all, you don't do anything well.

5. RULE 4
DON'T PITCH
COMPETING PROJECTS
(example: joomla Vs drupal)
generates bad vibes in community
(example: think you are not good at taking decisions)

6. RULE 5
PARTICIPATE
AND
COLLABORATE
(no community = no open source)
show off your technical abilities
+
key to being loved in the community

7. RULE 6
KNOW IT WELL
(do I need say more)
know your niche
+
know your competion
remember: competion means other FOSS projects
(companies is a differen competion all together)

8. RULE 7
BE
GENUINE
(white face + blak heart = caught you!)
community/clients will know when
you are not being genuine

9. iKraft Software
- Drupalists + Djangonauts since Jan 2007
- Bonus: Open Social & Facebook Development
more on http://ikraftsoft.com
references:
­ Drupal CMS ­ http://drupal.org
­ Django Web App Dev Framework ­ http://djangoproject.com
­ Open Social ­ http://www.opensocial.org/
­ Facebook ­ http://developer.facebook.com/

10. THANK YOU
QUESTION?
check out my blog post with more details on 7 RULES
http://saunzal.org/2009/02/7­rules­of­doing­business­with­open­source.html