Chipp...... Great contribution to an important discussion.
To your point below about RR's isolationism, I think another evidence of that is the company's virtually complete absence from this list. I know the company is small and I know they're really busy but that's not really a legitimate excuse. Someone from RR -- and someone with authority -- should be here every day, commenting on threads (technical and those like this one), providing the company's perspective, asking for input about direction, etc. I know if I were the VP Marketing or Evangelist at RR, I'd be *living* on this list. As many here know, I've been spending a lot of time lately looking at AJAX and Laszlo as rich internet application development spaces. On the discussion boards assocaited with those technologies, the founders are highly visible and active. You have a sense that they are passionate about what they're doing and that staying in touch with their user community is not "part of the job" but a reason for their passion. On 12/1/05, Chipp Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, my turn and 2 cents worth. > > Here are some other reasons why I believe RR is not popular. > > <snip> > 2) A largely isolationist business strategy by RR corporate. In the US, > companies rely on building strong strategic relationships with other > companies to help them get larger. Guy Kawasaki has written about this > and has been successful in promoting the 'sum is greater than the parts' > philosophy. RR should build stronger ties with companies who can help > them promote or use their technology. The recent multi-million dollar > acquisition of Konfabulator (an inferior technology to RR) by Yahoo only > points at the fact the company is *not* getting around. > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author http://www.shafermedia.com Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" >From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html _______________________________________________ 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
