On 12/31/07 1:14 PM, "j downs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If all you want to do is sell Rev to that small niche (perhaps even > smaller than the potential niche of the ed market!) of savvy > programmers who aren't afraid to use something other than the > commonly-accepted programming languages of C/++/#, Java etc., then > fine; but if you want to open up Rev's installed user base into other > areas, these HC-like stacks are a must have. > > About two billion school-age children worldwide. More than 120 > million students in higher education. These markets have been > neglected‹strike that, completely ignored‹by those who create the > tools to develop software since the late '90s. Why no one wants to > tap this enormous revenue stream is beyond me. > > J.
In my very limited experience, ... you could start with a plethora of legacy equipment and operating systems, then move to a demand for volume discounts and a very low per student cost, moving to buy-once-use-for-decades, and factor in that most educators are not good tech support personnel. I think much of the software is purchased by administrators for school-wide use thus you would have to be part of a program or package. And of course, language (localization) would become a factor. There are several people on this list who are very knowledgeable in the area of education hardware and software, so they will be able to comment much more intelligently than I would on the subject. ------------ Devin Assay, BYU Wilhelm Sanke, Prof. <http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia> Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com/education/products.html Richard Mathewson, to name a few. ----------------- Jim Ault Las Vegas _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
