Re: What really killed WebDNA?
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Good rant, totally agree. G. On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:32:17 -0700 "Dan Strong"
wrote: > [rant] > I have been thinking about this a lot the past few days. >I looked at SMSI's stock chart going back 5yrs and >noticed something interesting: that the stock has risen >steadily, despite the fact that WebDNA does or does not >still exist. So while I always knew the answer to "what >killed webdna" was "bad marketing", that really put it in >perspective for me. I have to believe that the suits at >SMSI simply decided that the revenue from the 50-100 of >us that used(d) WebDNA just wasn't enough to warrant the >investment in further MKTG & R&D to make it really fly >vs. the deep pockets of Adobe/Macromedia (Cold Fusion) & >Microsloth (asp.NET), or the empty pockets but maniacal >enthusiasm of the php community, so they shitcanned it >and let it die a slow death. I don't agree with the >decision, but in hindsight, I totally get it. > > But now here we are. There are still some of us that use >the language and have enthusiam for it even today, and >they are not moving on it at all. That part I don't get. >Why just let it rot in the attic like that? I can see not >wanting to throw "good" money after "bad", but why not >actively engage someone to buy the rights to it or at >least the rights to develop it further or *anything* to >keep it moving forward at somebody else's risk/expense? >That part I really don't get. I mean if I had a product >that I didn't think had legs, but somebody else did, I >would cash in on their enthusiasm somehow and let the >other person run with it and take the risk, but that's >just me. > > If I was the Marketing Director at SMSI, I would >seriously consider using WebDNA as a "loss-leader" and >simply give it away for free and brand the crap out of it >with the SMSI brand and/or open source it--but retain all >rights to it. Either way it costs nothing for SMSI and >they could benefit from whatever momentum it gathered. >Think of all the fish screensavers they could move :) >Failing that, I would put it up for sale and wash my >hands of it. > > But again that's just me. What do I know :) > [/rant] > -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Good rant, totally agree. G. On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:32:17 -0700 "Dan Strong" wrote: > [rant] > I have been thinking about this a lot the past few days. >I looked at SMSI's stock chart going back 5yrs and >noticed something interesting: that the stock has risen >steadily, despite the fact that WebDNA does or does not >still exist. So while I always knew the answer to "what >killed webdna" was "bad marketing", that really put it in >perspective for me. I have to believe that the suits at >SMSI simply decided that the revenue from the 50-100 of >us that used(d) WebDNA just wasn't enough to warrant the >investment in further MKTG & R&D to make it really fly >vs. the deep pockets of Adobe/Macromedia (Cold Fusion) & >Microsloth (asp.NET), or the empty pockets but maniacal >enthusiasm of the php community, so they shitcanned it >and let it die a slow death. I don't agree with the >decision, but in hindsight, I totally get it. > > But now here we are. There are still some of us that use >the language and have enthusiam for it even today, and >they are not moving on it at all. That part I don't get. >Why just let it rot in the attic like that? I can see not >wanting to throw "good" money after "bad", but why not >actively engage someone to buy the rights to it or at >least the rights to develop it further or *anything* to >keep it moving forward at somebody else's risk/expense? >That part I really don't get. I mean if I had a product >that I didn't think had legs, but somebody else did, I >would cash in on their enthusiasm somehow and let the >other person run with it and take the risk, but that's >just me. > > If I was the Marketing Director at SMSI, I would >seriously consider using WebDNA as a "loss-leader" and >simply give it away for free and brand the crap out of it >with the SMSI brand and/or open source it--but retain all >rights to it. Either way it costs nothing for SMSI and >they could benefit from whatever momentum it gathered. >Think of all the fish screensavers they could move :) >Failing that, I would put it up for sale and wash my >hands of it. > > But again that's just me. What do I know :) > [/rant] > -Dan ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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