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When we released open source, it was sort of a secret weapon.
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The speaker describes open source as a powerful advantage that was not obvious to others at first. “Secret weapon” is a metaphor: releasing the work openly helped them in a way that felt strategically valuable, while remaining relatively unexpected or underappreciated.
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- Erlang Solutions — OpenErlang Interview with Jane Walerud
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