As I've said before, U2 is growing, there was double digit sales growth last year. But it is also changing, end users are increasingly not employing programmers of any sort. Software development is more and more a function of software companies with end user companies running what they buy.
The U2 based software that is being sold is unrecognisable from the green screen apps of old, it is all about web integration, smartphones, tablets, good looking and easily usable UIs. We have a platform on which we can do that easier than most other technologies, but it's about new skills blended with U2, pure U2 doesn't cut it any more. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 26/04/2011 17:57, "Mike Randall" <mike.rand...@comcast.net> wrote: > Doug, > > I think you make an excellent point about too many in the U2 space that > fail to show what the technology can do and obsolete themselves and the > product in the process. In today's world of smart phones, tablets and the > web, green screen apps just don't cut it. These 'saying goodbye' > letters should be a call to arms for all U2 developers. > > Change or get eaten. Embrace .Net and web... > > Mike Randall > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Doug Averch > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 10:53 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye... > > The problem is two parts. First, we programmers have failed to show > management that we have the skill set to "Innovate or Die". Secondly, we > have managers that are happy they are employed and don't know or care what > U2 can do. Maybe this is because they don't know or perhaps we have not > done anything to show them what can be done. > > Presentation is everything. Show the managers and owners what U2 software > can do using browser based technology or Microsoft's .NET. When every I > visit a client or prospective client I tell them and show them what > innovations we are doing or will be doing. This is so when a sales person > from Oracle or SAP come to their office and try to sell them, I have already > closed that door. > > I bring my XLr8Editor on a thumb drive to every client to show them, I am > not editing program via a "DOS" line by line editor. U2logic tools are > state of the art with innovations like continuous compile that make me more > efficient and my code less buggy. Can AE/ED editor say that? Of course > not. > > Regards, > Doug > www.u2logic.com/tools.html > "Free trials available" > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
