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[J. Paul Reed]

On 29 Jul 2004 at 12:30:32, David Miller arranged the bits on my disk to say:

> I have 10 domains on that list so far, and I'm still getting lots of
> competing ads.  So far I've seen 3 ads for products that are actually
> based on or using Bugzilla, though. :)  (bugopolis, bugzillanow, and
> bugtracker.biz)

We may want to expand the list of blocked competing ads after it goes live
based upon what we see people coming up with, but I definitely don't think
we should block products that build upon our source:

a) That's the open source "business model"

b) It shows corporations who feel they need official "support" that they
can get it from another company, who is semi-external to
BZ-the-organization (who they can then sue for any and/or no reason)

c) They're not really "competing" products; since they're based on us, it's
the same code, except you pay for it. In that regard, we still blow them
away on one feature: cost.

Assuming the ads are tastfully integrated, I'm all for that. Even if a
competing ad pops up every once in awhile, it's all the more motivation to
make BZ better than anything out there.

Later,
Paul
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