If pron is marked as an MP3 file, Windows (which is what most people use) will try to open it as such. IT won't work. Epople will delete teh file, that they presume to be screwed up.
Not Windows Media Player 8.0 or Media Player Classic. I renamed an MPEG video as "test.mp3" and opened it with both apps -- both started playing a really loud porn...(Naturally, I wanted to make sure the technique worked with actual porn. 8->)
The key to a successful open source project is getting people involved:
Keep the browsers coming back. Update your project's Web site frequently. Make a what's new page and keep it current. Submit your site to the search engines so that even if someone's not looking specifically for an open-source replacement for an existing system, they'll find your project. It's an evil marketing term, but mindshare is important to any open-source project. People who are just browsing one day might turn into users the next.
Give users something to use. Release early, release often. Put up screen shots so users get hooked. But it's best to underpromise and overdeliver. Don't put up a code baseline unless it compiles and (mostly) runs. Make it easy for users to try it out. Provide binaries for common platforms. Write some doc -- it won't kill you. Start a FAQ on day #1. Users are your best source of bug reports and suggestions for future releases; make them feel part of the process and grow them into coders who submit patches.
Remove road blocks for contributors. Avoid Inner Circle Syndrome by letting anyone submit patches and feel like they're actually considered for the codebase. Talk about issues in a public discussion forum. Don't hide what you're working on or where you want to end up -- remember the Cluetrain! Put up a roadmap so someone new to the code has a chance to figure out how it all works. Ask for volunteers where you need them.
I would be remiss if I didn't point out that my company is building an infrastructure to do all this on the Web. Next week, we'll be releasing Web-based submissions management and version control to take down even more road blocks.
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Not Windows Media Player 8.0 or Media Player Classic. I renamed an MPEG video as "test.mp3" and opened it with both apps -- both started playing a really loud porn...(Naturally, I wanted to make sure the technique worked with actual porn. 8->)
The key to a successful open source project is getting people involved:
I would be remiss if I didn't point out that my company is building an infrastructure to do all this on the Web. Next week, we'll be releasing Web-based submissions management and version control to take down even more road blocks.
Bob Arnson, OpenAvenue Content Sheik