Grettings, All,
In about marketing/pedagogic tasks, the need is always to repeat and
repeat, again and again... Thanks for the inputs, Xavier. I vote for
having "Revolution Powered Web-Service" banners all over the Rev
powered / dedicated web-services too !
Le 9 août 04, à 10:59, MisterX a écrit :
Sorry, but i just finished my 2nd cup of coffee and my brain fog
cleared up...
In my 2 reasons for getting RR studio, #2 reason was that you can still
run the stack format on any platform and do it all.
And for the RevOnline "experience", it would be great to have it both
web based in addition to Mac based. Easier for the RevUser (some prefer
web to stack based navigation?) and nice to see for the newcomer or
visitor to navigate.
If the website of RunRev mentioned something like
This site made and running with a RunRev over Apache
Wouldn't that be something to consider for Java/PHP/Flash/SQL
users?
Can RR perform? ;)
I have my ideas how it can with Win2003 servers.
Im sure that Kevin and company are considering our ideas as fast
as they pour in but at the end of the day, it takes time and man
years to make this work. This discussion has been really a big
feast of thoughts! Dan's book will honor my library... I have to
know what made this thread mushroom!
Cheers
Xa
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Subject: RE: Rev's Web-centricity (was: Rev's Mac-Centricity (Was:
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Richard,
Beyond that, what other things might help make the value of choosing
Rev
more self-evident?
The value's there. The problem isn't the tool, it's communicating
what
the tool has already accomplished.
RR is like a cult - much like ska music - it has a worldwide
following,
it's extremely popular if not fanatic following, it's clearly a superb
idea that moves and jostles your motivation to do better, offers an
incredible resourcefullness in variety of styles.
But compared to trendy things like Disco, House, Rap/HipHop, and
Techno
today, it will never get the spotlight - except for a exceptional
songs/
stacks. There is a question of getting a big publishing/recording
label
behind you.
I bought the PC studio license because - 1) I have potentially 10X
more
users (and note that this ratio doesn't really justify buying a
license
for another platform - but Im sure this is not a real issue once a
soft
is successful, 2) Im have this hobby of creating/designing/writing and
RunRev is the digital tool that does it ALL.
I find the lack of Made-in-RR applications around the web to be
probably
the biggest loss in show of commercial capability, marketing
visibility
power (any one has the potential Moft look on the net) is needed -
like
an article or banner on Slashdot. After that, continued articles (one
a
month eg) would keep the flow in... Good old marketing wave function.
A few how-tos with graphics on the web would be cool to demonstrate
the
disparate advantages of RR.
If you look at niche products like Satelite decoders (my dreambox in
particular but others as well), PHPNuke, FruityLoops and countless
others,
the show of force that brings the crowd to the website is the web
Forum.
Not only it serves as a live FAQ and an organized place for things
like
release announcements, Plat-x issues, Heather news, etc...
Today, if that moves to the RevOnline, you will loose that
visibility. I
really suggest you look at FruityLoops forums and excellent website at
www.flstudio.com. They have a tool much like RR but for music and
their
user crowd is amazing in display of help, samples, songs, you name it.
If RR had this, we wouldn't be having this talk. And note that FL is
PC only - made with Delphi. Delphi's web site is not bad either BTW.
Since HyperCard met the net, this forum visibility has been moved
mostly
from maillist to maillist. But this form is not well exposed
IMOHO to either
new comers or visitors and is severly limited by its text-only
appearance
which is not a good example of the platform. The web presence of RR
is far
from what HC was... But HC was, well, a 32K BW Apple-limited tool. It
was
well marketed in the beginning.
An interesting question/comparison is Filemaker today on PCs... Media
marketing over info-world and pc world didn't do much... But repeat
marketing is known to have a bigger effect over long-term. It has
worked
on the Mac I believe. How many of us found RunRev while seeing a web
ad?
So there, without getting into the tech details of RR, just looking at
the client's web view, the visibility is still a handful of webs with
a
handful of links - which are not even complete - few have externals,
HC
libraries (infomac or hyperarchive.mit, not to mention my own) &
