On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:42, Dossy wrote:
> I don't understand why people are looking for "wider adoption of
> AOLserver" or "as much publicity as Apache" or whatnot ... while it's
> nice having a large community of users, some of which might contribute
> back to the open source project ... having a piece of software that
> enables the right folks to meet business goals ... that's incredibly
> valuable already.
This is more to do with marketing than the product itself. The people
who make the decisions need to feel that they can defend their choice
against criticism. You know the old adage 'no IT Manager ever got fired
for buying IBM' - well it applies to app servers as well. We find the
same problem with trying to place the JBoss J2EE server against the
likes of WebSphere and in some instances Linux vs. NT. If the decision
makers based their decisions on fact rather than marketing hype then MS
would never have sold an NT server :o)
I think it boils down to your relationship with your clients. If your
clients trust you to make the decision then you can give them the best.
If they merely view you as a 'salesman' then you struggle and might as
well give them what they feel comfortable with.
Simply put - promotion of AOLServer to the IT public at large makes
selling AOLServer based solutions easier.
Steve
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