WebCat name recognition (was Re: MacFinder -- a new WebDNA website)
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texte = >There was a booth with information on this at MacWorld, for some reason split >off from the rest of the Apple stuff. It seems to have been a well-kept secret >up to this point. Since Ken's site is designed using WebCatalog, I imagine it >will be a faster and more flexible solution; but it will be interesting to see >how WebCat competes with a FileMaker/Lasso setup. Naturally, I said to the >person in the booth, Why aren't you running this on WebCatalog? To which he >replied, Web what? Oh, well. FM Pro's been around since Reagan was in >office, so... >This is exactly the problem our sales people have with WebCatalog - Name Recognition. People, even our more knowledgable prospects, generally haven't heard about WebCatalog. Thankfully, we also run filemaker and SQL databases so we can show them a comparison of speed.A salesperson can do a little tap dance while waiting for the SQL database to return results. The dance is shorter for filemaker (not much). But they are only able to blink once or twice before WebCat returns results. Prospective clients say Wow, but they openly wonder why they've never heard of it, or how they can use it in conjunction with their in house database solutions.Paul _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Internet Marketspace, Inc. \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Business -
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>There was a booth with information on this at MacWorld, for some reason split >off from the rest of the Apple stuff. It seems to have been a well-kept secret >up to this point. Since Ken's site is designed using WebCatalog, I imagine it >will be a faster and more flexible solution; but it will be interesting to see >how WebCat competes with a FileMaker/Lasso setup. Naturally, I said to the >person in the booth, Why aren't you running this on WebCatalog? To which he >replied, Web what? Oh, well. FM Pro's been around since Reagan was in >office, so... >This is exactly the problem our sales people have with WebCatalog - Name Recognition. People, even our more knowledgable prospects, generally haven't heard about WebCatalog. Thankfully, we also run filemaker and SQL databases so we can show them a comparison of speed.A salesperson can do a little tap dance while waiting for the SQL database to return results. The dance is shorter for filemaker (not much). But they are only able to blink once or twice before WebCat returns results. Prospective clients say Wow, but they openly wonder why they've never heard of it, or how they can use it in conjunction with their in house database solutions.Paul _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Internet Marketspace, Inc. \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Business - _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Real Estate - _\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/Websites - Children _/ _\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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