Lars and William, In terms of open-ness I think that I fall somewhere between the two of you. Many of the threads on this list where OpenSRS asks for feedback relate to the amount of control each of the RSP's have over their customer base, and ease of use of the system.
The open ness of each of these discussions is vital to the channel, especially in terms of discussing system enhancements and GENERAL ideas on what type of products might have a retail application for the channel. In terms of business development, - what is the next SPECIFIC new product that OpenSRS may offer to the channel, (eg certificates, which registry to persue to be able to offer to the channel, and other 'NEW' products and servics) I believe that belongs in the realm of the NDA. There are reasons for this: A product that is announced and discussed that is never released could result in resellers spending time and effort preparing for the potential new product, thus hurting the channel. If OpenSRS is in discussion with a third party regarding a new offering, those discussions are probably under a NDA between OpenSRS and the third party. We dont want our competition knowing what we will be offering until we are ready to launch, We dont want the competion launching a "great new feature" one week before we do. OpenSRS watches this list, and knows who each of us are. They also watch their sales volume and know who their resellers are. It might be a valuable thing for them to create an "inner circle" discussion list - which is by invitation only and where all participants must sign a NDA, for a dialogue on the issues that are still on the drawing board. On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, William X Walsh wrote: > Friday, Friday, January 25, 2002, 6:23:14 AM, SpyProductions - Lars Hindsley wrote: > > > The source code may be open, but Tucows does not hold open discussions in > > public about their business strategy. > > Actually,they do, and they almost always have. > > > No one is asking OpenSRS not to be open. Just not "so open". > > I, on the other hand, hope the openness not only continues, but > expands. > >
