*PR/Marketing/Branding:* Even open source need this. Its never something totally the forefront on the developers mind, but its going to be key in order to build a community.
The main part of marketing to strategically build connections between people and a product/service so that they associate a particular brand name with a particular solution. (Kinda like a conditioned response). Basically there is two products, the actual code base and the community behind the codebase. I'm not saying we need ads on google, facebook, but providing good documentation, a good work environment (making it fun), giving people straight answers, having constructive dialog, treating others with respect, staying responsive to the community will help to create a positive connection in people's mind with lucene.net and search and community. Thats something that needs to happen given that people might question its stability due to going back to incubation, the drop off in commits, etc. Any ideas, suggestions, comments, are welcome. * * -- Michael Herndon Senior Developer (mhern...@o19s.com) 804.767.0083 [connect online] http://www.opensourceconnections.com http://www.amptools.net http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-herndon/4/893/23 http://www.facebook.com/amptools.net http://www.twitter.com/amptools-net
