Hello Carl,
I have to point out (from my secret source) that people at M$ surely don't
know that some of their products are built using Rebol/Core scripts. :-))
Cyphre
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Sassenrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 4:19 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: Some thoughts around Rebol
> Hi, so we agree... also...
>
> I've been looking at our download logs recently... This is interesting.
> Almost every large company in the world uses REBOL, or at least, they
> are curious about it. That list includes companies like ATT, IBM, Sony,
> Philips, and many more.
>
> Is it the "company" or a "REBOL individual" within the company. That
> is impossible to tell and probably the latter. But, as the president
> of Chrysler used to say, you sell cars one car at a time.
>
> -Carl
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Robert M. Muench
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:36 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Some thoughts around Rebol
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
Of
> > > Carl Sassenrath
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 7:45 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Some thoughts around Rebol
> >
> > > That's ok. Big companies don't start revolutions like the Web, email,
> > > net news, the Internet, personal computing, new countries, etc.
> > > Big companies lag, which is good, because it gives revolutionaries
> > > ground to work. :-)
> >
> > Hi, agreed. But if you get a global player as friend supporting your
idea
> > while letting you make your way, you have won the market! The danger for
> > revolutions is... that after some time no one remembers them...
> > and I really
> > don't want to see this happening to Rebol ;-)).
> >
> > > Yes, and in 1992, how many heard of the Web? By 1995, how many
> > > were on the web? Things change... and even big companies change
> > > over time. If not, they die (or at least lose significant market
> > > share.)
> >
> > Yep, and the big ones are gaining speed to make changes. Not as fast as
a
> > .com startup but the people know about it... and they work on it.
> >
> > > Again, that's ok. It's human nature. Big companies don't start new
> > > directions. They are not our target customers - early adopters are.
> >
> > :-)) Right strategy. How about combining an early adopter with a
> > big company
> > project access? It will demonstrate that Rebol is a good way to
> > go... that's
> > what my thought were about. Real-life-big-business-references might be
the
> > best RT can get at this time.
> >
> > > You are free to use it, but not all of us will, because not all of us
> > > have the time or money to deal with it. REBOL data formats are much
> > > more lean and easier to handle. They can be converted to XML and
> > > back. XML is good. REBOL is good. Don't get me wrong.
> >
> > I don't and it's OK ...
> >
> > > Ah, yes... REBOL/Command/XML.... that's the way.
> >
> > ... and this really sounds promising. I'm sure it will solve those
> > "problems" in a professional way. That's all I need ;-)) Robert
> >
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