--- Rodney Clang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are we not marketing ourselves enough in front of Tim or > whomever ? > Ideas??
The Ruby on Rails framework is so hugely popular in large part due to the people who created it. They've demonstrated their ability to market their product. Regardless of the technical merits (and like any product Rails has pros and cons), successful marketing can be the key between a wonderful product's success or failure. The Portland Perl Mongers group is very active. However, one of our largest turnouts (I stopped counting at 50) was for the Ruby on Rails demo. I doubt we'd get a similar turnout for Catalyst ... unless it was marketed well. If we had a Catalyst expert in town who can do as slick a demo as the Ruby folks did, I can probably drum a decent turnout with enough notice (hint, hint). The Perl Foundation has actually discussed putting effort behind marketing/announcing some of Perl's more successful "big" projects. Bricolage is an obvious candidate (our competitors usually charge in the six figure range). Catalyst was also discussed, but here were some issues we saw: * No evidence of large, well-trafficked sites * Poor documentation. * Very little "buzz" If Catalyst were better documented and it could start generating buzz, Tim might change his mind. If he doesn't, it would still be a benefit to both Catalyst and the Perl community. Cheers, Ovid -- If this message is a response to a question on a mailing list, please send follow up questions to the list. Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/
