This has already been touched on, but I figure it’s worth saying again: Saying that something is “open source based” is pretty much meaningless. I’m seeing this term a lot in press releases, and I just want to clarify — this doesn’t buy you any interest from open source pubs. Open source based could mean “appliance that runs Linux + a proprietary package” to “fully open source, anyone can get, modify, and redistribute the source.”
If it’s the “appliance” category, big deal. Stop trying to use open source to hype the product, because you’re just going to alienate the users and buyers who care about open souce — and it won’t win any major points with users and buyers who don’t care about open source.
If it’s in the “fully open source” category, I’m all ears.
