Thanks, Dan! I had begun to wonder if I had somewhere inadvertently stepped into a weird parallel time universe...
Judy On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Dan Shafer wrote: > Lynn...... > > Say WHAT? > > Are you saying no such market exists? That would seem to me to be a strange > conclusion to be drawn by someone who has such major influence over the > marketing of a product that certainly can't be seen as appealing *primarily* > to serious professional programmers who have corporate checklists and > academic training influences to consider when choosing a tool. > > I don't know who buys Rev. But based on participation on this list and on > the improve list, I'd have to say it *feels* like a far greater percentage > of people for whom programming is not a full-time occupation, most of whom > are developing software for themselves or their work groups or friends. The > hobbyist/inventive user market may be harder to find or pin down because of > its lack of verticality (verticalness?) but I don't think that makes them a > "bunch of unrelated target customers that only superficially look similar." > I'll be damned surprised if that market isn't the vast majority of the > current user base of Revolution. > > On 3/28/06, Lynn Fredricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There is no hobbyist/inventive user from a software marketing perspective > > - > > that is a "D) none of the above" designation to try to define a bunch of > > unrelated target customers that only superficially look similar. > > > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
