Michael Young wrote: > I know customers, who can barely operate a word processor, but they > dictate the tool that the professional developer uses.
That's the focus of Geoff Moore's book "Crossing the Chasm", about how successful software grows by understanding the different personality types at play in different stages of growth. Bean counters play an increasing role as growth moves forward, and the supporting infrastructure (third-party consultants, tools, books, magazine articles, etc.) indeed plays a key role in shaping their perceptions. The economics of books are complex and talked to death here last year. Dan Shafer's book is out now, and more will come of their own accord as a natural by-product of other aspects of infrastructure growth. The application gallery and consultants listing at runrev.com are both good starts, but neither is easy to find at the site and the gallery has no screen shots (critical in our arguably post-literate world). I suspect the prominence of both will be enhanced soon. I'm as guilty as the next person for not posting my many plugins to VersionTracker, etc., ironically a case where one of Rev's strengths plays against itself: other tools that have plugins don't also have a RevNet, so the onlyway to distribute plugins for those is through Web sites and download services. RevNet is so much more convenient for both sender and receiver, but happens ouside the public view. But stepping back to view the bigger picture it seems things are quite promising. I won't join the doomsayers in suggesting that the technology hinges on a logo in my About box (however flattering that may be). Sure, here's always another feature to add and there will always be one more customer for whom that feature is a deal-maker. But don't forget that the product as it is today just got a four-star review and a Mac Eddy award, and has been generating an entire economy of revenue for its professional developers, their clients, and their end-users for many years. Revolution remains the most cost-effective way to deliver professional quality applications for every major platform. As long as it stays true to that goal there's plenty of money floating around to keep it growing indefinitely. Heck, this thread got started by niggling over one line in an otherwise four-star review. That reviewer also wrote: All in all, no other software-development environment packs this much power and flexibility into such a simple package. You'll have to learn the Transcript language to make the most of Revolution, but the system is heroically well documented. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
