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

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

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

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.

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)

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

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)

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

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/

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