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Open Sourcing a Vertical Market Application?

BigCanOfTuna asks: "The company I work for is considering the possibility of turning over one of thier enterprise applications to the open source community. They are doing this for a number of reasons including raising thier profile in the OS community, developing relationships with other Energy companies that would be willing to hire us as consultants, and of course just for good will (if there is such a thing in business!). Since the application is very specific to a vertical market, can one expect to see the same results that other open source projects see? Are there any other successful OS projects out there that are geared to a specific niche?"

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  1. vertically greasing a yoda doll in my anus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    tsarkon reports THE GREASED YODA DOLL GREASED YODA !

    8 steps to greasing your anus for yoda doll insertion

    1) defecate. preferably after eating senna, ex lax, prunes, cabbage and hot sauces.
    2) wipe ass with witch hazel, soothes horrific burns
    3) prime anus with anal ease.
    4) slather richly a considerable amount of vaseline or other anal lubricants into your rectum at least until the bend and also take your yoda doll or yoda soap on a rope and liberally apply it.
    5) pucker your ballon knot several times actuating the sphincter muscle in order to work it in
    6) slowly rest yourself onto your yoda figurine
    7) make sure to have a mechanism by which to fish yoda out of your rectum, the soap on the rope is especially useful because that is built in.
    8) gyrate gleefully in your computer chair while your fat sexless geek nerd loser fat shit self enjoys the prostate massage you'll be getting. Read slashdot. Masturbate to anime. Email one of the editors hoping they will honor you with a reply. Join several more dating services - this time, you dont check the (desired - speaks english) and (desired - literate). You figure you might get a chance then. Order some fucking crap from Think Geek. Get Linux to boot on a Black And Decker Appliance. Wish you could afford a new computer. Argue that IDE is better than SCSI because you cant afford SCSI. Make claims about how Linux rules. Compile a kernel on your 486SX. Claim to hate windows but use it for Everquest. Admire Ghyslain's courage in making that wonderful star wars movie. Officially convert to the Jedi religion. Talk about how cool Mega Tokyo is. Try and make sure you do your regular 50 story submissions to Slashdot, all of which get rejected because people who arent fatter than CowboyNeal can't submit. Fondle shrimpy penis while making a yoda voice and saying, feel the force, padawan, feeel the foooorce, hurgm. Yes. Yes. When 900 years you reach, a dick half as big you will not have.

    All in a days work with a yoda figurine rammed up your ass.

    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Take your ass grease pills and put your helmet on
    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Commencing countdown, engines on
    Check ignition and may God's love shove up you
    Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Shove Up
    This is Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    You've really made the grade
    And the papers want to know whose butts you tear
    Now it's time to leave the suppository if you dare
    "This is Yoda Doll to Ground Control
    I'm stepping through the door
    And I'm stinking in a most peculiar way
    And the ass look very different today
    For here am I sitting in an ass can
    Far inside the butt
    My face is turning blue
    And there's nothing I can do
    Though I'm past one hundred thousand bowels
    I'm feeling very still
    And I think my buttship knows which way to go
    Tell my wife I ream her very much, she knows"
    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
    Can you hear me, Yoda Doll?
    Can you hear me, Yoda Doll?
    Can you hear me, Yoda Doll?
    Can you....
    "Here am I floating in my ass can
    Far inside his Moon
    My face is turning blue
    And there's nothing I can do."

  2. i before e except after c! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Didn't the submitter go to elementary school? Your supposed to learn basic grammar they're!