SourceForge Opens Marketplace for Open Source Services

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the marketplace: http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php

SourceForge.net® (part of SourceForge, Inc.) (NASDAQ: LNUX), the world's largest web site for open source development and distribution, today launched an online marketplace for technology professionals to buy and sell service and support for open source software.

SourceForge.net Marketplace launches with more than 600 service listings. Some major projects offering service and support include: OpenBravo, JasperSoft, Zenoss, Compiere, Firebird, Nagios and Spring Framework. The platform, which is tightly integrated into the SourceForge.net web site, has been heavily tested in closed and open beta cycles since May of this year.

"The demand for support around open source software continues to grow," said Mike Rudolph, vice president and general manager of SourceForge.net. "We're extending what is already the world's most open and transparent open source hub to allow technology professionals to buy packaged support directly from the creators of the software."

Marketplace gives open source projects and service providers a seamless process for selling services to the site's global market of IT buyers. Sellers are free to set their own pricing, support levels, and service types. The Marketplace's reputation system allows buyers and sellers to rate each other after each sale. There is no fee for listing services on SourceForge.net Marketplace...

full press release: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/arti...336740.htm