Yep - guilty as charged, we have a product that can help in terms of "web" technology, though the main focus of Vis�ge is really as an application development platform.
The points that you have raised are (obviously) important .... but forward thinking ? C'mon, these are features that have been around for 20 years ! When was the last time that anyone here had a "new prospect" get excited about the idea of background processing ? Or drool at the thought of audit files ? Maybe things are different on that side of the Pacific, but my recent experience tells me that unless I can provide the "eye candy" that people EXPECT these days, new sales are harder to make every year. Obviously I understand your sentiment - we have a comprehensive green screen application ourselves, and like many in this group we have a "hard core" of users that LIKE the green screen, and think that we are wasting our time on all of this GUI stuff .... and they are right - for THEM ! But, NEW sales take a LOT of things for granted - audit files, background processing, and even GUI ! to name a few .... and so forward thinking for me now has to include taking steps to make sure we continue to make sales into the future :-) Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage - an Evolution in Software Development >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2004 8:21 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Database decoupling (Was: Future of U2) > >And of course it's not self-serving to state that a web presence is itself >necessary in order to be "forward thinking" <evil grin>. I mean since you >offer >a product that does that .... > Now to me, forward thinking might involve more robust use of log files, >audit files, transactions and rollback, background processing, process >management .... but then I'm just old school. >Will > >In a message dated 4/17/2004 6:05:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> > Not saying all businesses are this way. But I'm saying I don't think >> >that is where most of the traditional multi-value market is focused. >> >> BUT, unless we help our customers get there - OR find new customers that >> WANT to get there, we (as a market) run the risk that OUR existing >customers >> will loose market share & be consumed by more forward thinking >competitors, >> which in turn may mean that we too are out of a career ! >> >> Ross Ferris >> Stamina Software >> Visage - an Evolution in Software Development > >-- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.658 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 9/04/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.658 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 9/04/2004 -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
