Yup, this is obviously marketing. They didnt even go as far as posting it somewhere other than their blog. Funny how they promote 2 competitors in the post and make them look more favorable. This company needs marketing help ( if you are reading this email me and Ill help you improve).

You forget to list competitors who will help them improve ;)

Anyway, I appreciate the transparency of "yes, this is our product" as well as inclusion of competitors. Doesn't make it seem as though they're the only other game in town.

Most importantly, their analysis tells me they're watching their competition. Too many companies say "oh they stink" wrt their competitors and take a "we know best" approach.

Being open to watching competitors means knowing when they do something smart and adopting the good parts. I appreciate that in marketing

I'll think about it, thanks

You are welcome. Best of luck with the project.

Sorry for that:)

I didn't really intend to pick on Selenium. Actually, that's the exact wording from the title of the article I used as my reference, so I though it would be fair to leave it the way it is.

But I agree, Selenium is one of the many cases illustrating the huge impact of open-source projects on the technology, and we must give it credit for that.

I think "doing more harm than good" came from a different post... I don't see anything wrong with comparing an open source and commercial product. We'd still be using IRC if Slack didn't come around.

Time is not free so in the end you have to compare the total cost and productivity and choose the best tool for yourself.