When re-thinking the manufacturing process of enterprise software, most
companies nowadays determine to leverage open source to boost popularity and
attention onto their product lines. But converting projects into products
is not easy, and some secret ingredients that aren't covered in the code
sharing are vital for generating future success. These key ingredients are
how the project is built, the architecture of the enterprise software to be
modular & open, a clear vision and definition of what the project and product
will deliver, a clear separation between the open source aspects and the
commercial aspects, and most importantly trust from the community that the
project at every stage in life is extremely beneficial to their daily needs
and will continue to be so wi... (more)