On Feb 9, 2004, at 2:26 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:
My first mission critical app was written in SuperCard! It was a Jumbotron display controller for the NBA called "JIVES" and it controlled the big screen TV's for NBA teams.
That's a great example. Case study material.
Talking with my C programmer partner Chris, he mentioned that the same messaging path problems are found in Delphi and VB as well with variants of C including C#. So, how does MS and Borland sell their products into mission critical enterprise environments?
By bullsh1t-power, with raw marketing $.
If you can believe it, the thing ran on a Mac -- and still didn't crash.
I guess it must have been locked in a closet where nobody could run other apps on the Mac during ball games.
He also stated the big problem with message paths is when the message chain gets full and then things get lost.
Message chain gets full and then things get lost? Ouch. That's no confidence builder.
play " ka-ching !"
answer info "Out of space in message chain; insert coin to continue." titled \
"Oh &*^$"
You asked how to sell xTalks in corporate environments. Sell it as a PROTOTYPE tool.
OK point taken.
Well, the Homeland Security App has the safety of data at stake. Hemingway has the safety of an individuals website at stake -- along with the possible loss of revenue from a website being down/hacked. The last product is a realestate web application, with similar concerns.
Thanks for the counter examples.
-- Alex Rice | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com
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