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Release open source first or in tandem

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:27 pm
by alex.barylski
I have a newsletter managment application I have been developing for a while now, I'm actually in the process of stripping some advancded features away and completing the full scale version.

Basically I plan on having a lite and a professional/enterprise version(s).

The OSS version will be completed shortly, 5-7 woring days if I keep at it. The commercial version might take a month or so of full time development before it's done, but with other contracts, etc maybe longer.

Do you think it's a good idea to release a free/open source version "before" the release of a commercial version, or will my free version possibly introduce eager people to newslettter management and cause them to seek alternatives in my competitors?

Cheers,
Alex

Re: Release open source first or in tandem

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:45 am
by matthijs
If you wait to release the OSS version the people looking for a system in the mean time will end up with another system anyway, so I wouldn't worry about that.

More important is what impression you make with your first release (oss or not), so that people get interested