On 14/02/2006, at 3:31 PM, Brad Hutchings wrote:
Troy, google for "long tail". Alternatively, name a Java app that
is well-known. Bonus points if you can think of one of any quality
whatsoever!
Eclipse
I found the "long tail" stuff interesting and there's a particularly
good piece at < http://blog.talbott.ws/pages/
the_railroad_then_and_now.html> however I think this is irrelevant to
RB.
RB is NOT (yet?) a tool for the average person to make software with.
If this is truly an important market, then in particular, it cannot
be buggy! The further down the professional spectrum you go, the
lower the ability of the user to cope with unexpected behaviour in
their tools or the programs they create.
Mass *sales* for RB are probably in the pro-am market.
Mass *profit* for RB will come from an enterprise edition.
Both are needed.
The danger is that Visual Studio 2005(6?) and Eclipse are lifting the
expectation level of a team-oriented tool. Just adding some
collaboration features may not be enough.
I think it's a much stronger endorsement that lots of people can
create great software with REALbasic than that any one particular
company has.
agreed.
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