Cosource.com Announces Official Launch of Open Source Marketplace
Dec 6th, 06:47 UTC
Reverse-Auction E-commerce Site Opens After Successful Beta Test
REDMOND, WA -- Cosource.com, the Cooperative Marketplace for Open
Source, today announced the official launch of their e-commerce site
for users and developers of Open Source software. The launch comes at
the end of their beta testing period, during which four separate
projects were completed. Developers of these projects, including one
developer based in Russia, were paid for their work via Cosource.com's
collaborative funding mechanism, which allows buyers to share costs of
programming services rather than paying all costs individually.
"Our goal," said Bernie Thompson, Founder and CEO of Cosource.com, "is to
empower users of Open Source software by providing a reverse-auction
Internet venue for pooling resources in order to attract and do business
with developers. The successful beta program just completed proves that
users and developers of Open Source software from around the world can do
business together for the mutual benefit of everyone."
In addition to the launch, Cosource.com announced several new
enhancements to their service, including a ratings mechanism that
gives members the ability to post their impressions of the work of
developers on the site. Other enhancements include improved site
documentation and layout, along with a digest section for users to
post individual reports about using the service.
Cosource.com also announced a working partnership with SourceForge -- a new project
which entered public beta in November, sponsored by VA Linux Systems. SourceForge is a
massive Open Source hosting resource which provides web server space,
version control tools, communication services and other programs for
Open Source developers--administered via the Web with comprehensive
security. Developers who are working on Cosource.com projects now
have direct access to these SourceForge resources. Thompson added,
"SourceForge is a valuable new service for open source development via
the Internet. We are proud to be working with SourceForge to provide
these powerful tools to our developers."
About Cosource.com:
Cosource.com is a collaborative, reverse-auction web site enabling
international consumers and developers of Open Source products to work
together to fund development of innovative software solutions.
Contact Norm Jacobowitz norm@cosource.com
http://www.cosource.com/
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(Submitted by Norman M. Jacobowitz of Cosource.com)
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