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When we are enthusiastic about something, it's easy to get religion about it and evangelize to anyone in sight.

Harsh words, I know, but I've come to believe it's true. [ See also: Convincing the Boss to Accept FOSS]

Harsh words, I know, but I've come to believe it's true. [ See also: Convincing the Boss to Accept FOSS]

Once upon a time, there was a man who had an innovative idea. He had a vision, and followed up with an answer could solve a set of real world problems. Fortunately, he also found a way to communicate the solution to other people.

Do you wish you had more people contributing to your FOSS project? These suggestions have worked for other people. Maybe they can help you, too.

FOSS adherents are happy to discuss all the reasons that open source is attractive to users and to other developers, from "it's free!" to "the philosophy of open source." Sometimes, they talk about the reasons that people avoid open source, such as "I want a phone

It's kind of funny that I led a panel at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention that I didn't mention at all in my OSCON conference coverage.

It's kind of funny that I led a panel at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention that I didn't mention at all in my OSCON conference coverage.

Developers regularly reject (or just don't think to use) entire categories of programming tools, even if they aim to improve application performance, security, or maintainability. For example, according to analyst firm Evans Data, 25% of North American developers never use a load and stress test tool and 22% never use data modeling tools. Here, programmers explain why they don't bother with these tools, with not-so-predictable results.