Hi, On 11/29/06, Stefano Mazzocchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Agora has been around for years and *never* created any problem in the 'ego race' respect, and I've had several incubator mentors complaining when it was down and not updating the data.
I and several people I know at MIT have used Agora for research as well -- it's great. I think one of the concerns, so far stated only implicitly, is that of massive publication. Agora is great, but it's been fairly under the radar. You have to look for it to find it: it's not highlighted anywhere. If, for example, one of the Incubator graduation criteria was some usage of Agora, I suspect we'd have a bunch more buzz (positive and negative) about the tool. I personally don't have that concern, because I think Agora, like many other visual mapping tools, provides a fascinating display of reality. It doesn't belittle or embarrass any person or project, in my opinion. I think the same can be said of MBoxer, and so I'm not concerned about MBoxer either. It'd be a neat tool with all the caveats (such as "lies, damn lies, and statistics -- use at your own risk") its authors wish to attach. My +1 for MBoxer. Yoav --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
