Hear hear! But... in this kind of forum.. (or maybe I am getting it mixed up with the CMS one) I wouldnt like everyone telling me about <insert product> in great detail unless I asked specificlly. There are a number of commercial and non comercial products being developed by people in this list and it would just get a bit booged down.
P.S. I contribute to CFEclipse which is a plugin for Eclipse which is a replacement for Dreamweaver aimed at developers. It has nice features and a responsive team (is that a good plug?) MD On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:17:22 +1100, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not wanting to point the finger at anyone in particular, but I'm > always astonished at how many people talk about new software products, > without ever saying what it actually DOES! > > For example (and its only one example of a great many!), FLEX was out > for months and months before I could persuade anyone to tell me what > it was for. Several times I even asked point blank, "What does it > do?", and got a blank look as though I was some kind of crackpot. > The quizzical looks said "are you serious? just download it and find > out for yourself you lazy bugger!" > > Microsoft does it a lot too. We'll get announcement from them that > MSNewWidget2 is out, but not actually saying what it does. Or else > giving motherhood statements like "enables users to access their > information easily and rapidly" They get so close to something while > it's being developed, I think they forget that the rest of us have > been busy with our own lives and don't know . > > It's as though simply because it's been released (or more latterly > been made availble on beta) I ought to spend a few hours downloading > and configuring something, in order to find out if I might possibly > use it. > > NO! > > It's not MY responsibility to go to all the trouble to find out what > it does, if you have a new product, it's YOUR responsibility to TELL > ME what it does, and convince me it's worth my while to go to all the > trouble to get the product and put it on my system. These days to > look at a software package can be a commitment of several hours. On > chargeable time, that's several hundred bucks. On my own spare time, > it's worth ten times that because I have precious little of it. > > Another example: I've been hearing about PLUM for ages, but I never > saw anyone saying what it DOES. I had to go to the PLUM site before > I found a statement saying what it is. And that was against my > better judgement. If it's too much trouble for the PLUM team to say > what it's for, why should I go to the effort? i have plenty to occupy > my time. > > Look this sounds like a rant, and I suppose it is. But I spent enough > time in sales to know that no one has any obligation to look at your > product. IF you've gone to all the trouble to make it, it's up to YOU > to tell potential customer/users why they should bother. > > Just because it's there and available, is insufficient reason for me > to invest the time and money to go get it, on the off-chance it might > be useful for me. > [/RANT MODE OFF] > > There. I feel much better now. > > -- > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > .com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187524 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
