12-30-2008, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Little Vienna
Posts: 32,235
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Originally Posted by woj
True, but it will take months to build up "a community", if it even happens at all... I think what usually happens the coder is enthusiastic, launches it, updates it regularly, has big dreams of becoming the next wordpress, and then reality sets it, no $$ is being made, he thinks "fuck this" and the project gets abandoned.... I think that's what happens to 95% of open source projects...
If you are doing it for fun, then I guess why not, could get lucky and make some coin... but I wouldn't consider open source projects a viable way to make $$$....
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Well i think for success it is best to target something new and unique,hard to success if your project looks same like 95% other projects. |
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