http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660I agree 110%. One of the major difficulties I've encountered when trying to get an open source project off the ground has been generating buzz. Partially, I haven't wanted to sound the bullhorn quite yet -- I don't have an effective manual yet -- but I'm not really sure how to go about evangelizing the project without sounding spammy. :) http://ayende.com/2601/supporting-oss-in-the-net-space#comment3http://ayende.com/2601/supporting-oss-in-the-net-space#comment3Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:19:27 GMTLuke, Cocoon has something similar since 2001. But my feeling is that most of the .net community see OSS as products that they dont need to pay for. Aside from that, most of them demand support/documentation/bug fixes just like they were using a commercial product. The biggest OSS selling point -- for me -- is that you can get involved with it. How often does MS allow you to suggest a feature or a big refactor to WebForms lifecycle? How open they are to new, breakthrough ideas? With OSS you can suggest, you can participate, you can help shaping the project to fit your needs, as long as your need isn't too specific. Somehow our community seems to miss this point. http://ayende.com/2601/supporting-oss-in-the-net-space#comment2http://ayende.com/2601/supporting-oss-in-the-net-space#comment2Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:11:14 GMTLooking at what the Rails community has started with their monthly hackfest may be informative: http://www.workingwithrails.com/hackfest http://ayende.com/2601/supporting-oss-in-the-net-space#comment1http://ayende.com/2601/supporting-oss-in-the-net-space#comment1Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:40:31 GMT