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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? But I don’t buy it.

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The wood chips

Start Up Blog

Ruby on Rails: Is a software programming language that was developed for the building of Basecamp – a 37 Signals application. Which has now become a general programming language that was released to the public as an open source platform – as a gift.

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The wood chips

Start Up Blog

Ruby on Rails: Is a software programming language that was developed for the building of Basecamp – a 37 Signals application. Which has now become a general programming language that was released to the public as an open source platform – as a gift.

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Overview: Extracting article text from HTML documents

tomazkovacic.com

The majority of methods presented in research papers from that epoch are nowadays useless due to strong assumptions and heuristics that don’t apply on today’s web development practices. In the following chapters I’ll try to review some article text extraction methods that are applicable to today’s websites. Bookmark the permalink.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. I was able to hire phenomenal software engineers and grow a strong team culture. Learn to write code yourself. Or even contribute to an open source project. From Codecademy and Try Ruby , to free programming books and free online courses.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

iPhone & iPod Touch Download Mashable for iPhone 152,000+ users iPad Download Mashable for iPad 104,100+ users Nexus One, Droid, Incredible Download Mashable for Android 9,400+ users show QR code The 4th annual Mashable Awards Nominate for your favorite company, person, site or gadget in the 4th Annual Mashable Awards.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

It's a unique approach, and one we'd love to discuss with entrepreneurs and their investment sources. Parrot AR Drone Review [VIDEO] View More » Web Video Local FOX Station Airs Hilarious Soci. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. Visit [link] / for more information.