InfoQ asked Geva Perry about the business strategy behind offering their flagship product for free.

InfoQ向Geva Perry询问，他们免费提供自己的旗舰产品，背后是出于怎样的商业策略？

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Their flagship product Basecamp was built using the very first version of Ruby on Rails, and ultimately led to the framework's conception in 2004.

他们的旗舰产品Basecamp是被Ruby on Rails的第一个版本构建的，并最终导致了2004年框架概念的产生。

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Therefore, buy their own well-known brand's flagship product, is absolutely first thought.

因此选购自己熟知品牌的主打产品绝对是第一个想法。

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Alfresco was about to launch new tablet-oriented features for their flagship content-management product and were in the process of conducting a survey on tablet use among their customers.

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Anyways, they have awarded their Product of the Year crown to Toshiba's first-gen flagship HD DVD player - the HD-XA1.

ENGADGET: Sound and Vision crowns Toshiba's HD DVD player Product of the Year