Comments on: Competition http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:34:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jayant http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/comment-page-1/#comment-60290 Jayant Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:31:47 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/#comment-60290 I think the product presentation is great! I was really impressed too! Part of the problem is the use of Exchange servers. Getting away from that is the hard part especially when using Blackberry (and like) devices. Some of the hesitation from companies is a question of support for these products. That is something that should be addressed by the open source community! I think the product presentation is great! I was really impressed too! Part of the problem is the use of Exchange servers. Getting away from that is the hard part especially when using Blackberry (and like) devices. Some of the hesitation from companies is a question of support for these products. That is something that should be addressed by the open source community!

]]> By: JoeS http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/comment-page-1/#comment-60262 JoeS Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:20:49 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/#comment-60262 So..Necessity is the mother of invention. But the deeper question in my mind is "why the necessity" A community that portraits themselves as being "open" should be able to include the wishes of the members. A case in point: How long did it take to include the Marquee tag by default in the Gecko browser. Another case: When will it be recognized that "plaintext" is not the way people want to communicate. Diversity, is a good thing. Being close minded , IMHO is not. So..Necessity is the mother of invention. But the deeper question in my mind is “why the necessity” A community that portraits themselves as being “open” should be able to include the wishes of the members.
A case in point: How long did it take to include the Marquee tag by default in the Gecko browser.
Another case: When will it be recognized that “plaintext” is not the way people want to communicate.
Diversity, is a good thing.
Being close minded , IMHO is not.

]]> By: Urbano http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/comment-page-1/#comment-60237 Urbano Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:41:18 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/#comment-60237 I couldn't agree more! Products must distinguish by the value that they can bring to their users, not by locking the users to a specific technology. So please, share knowledge and code, minimize development costs off common technology and accelerate the development. In the end let the users decide which product they like more, based in the distinguish features that each project present. We the users, will thank you a lot and recognize the good companies and projects and will use their products. Urbano I couldn’t agree more!

Products must distinguish by the value that they can bring to their users, not by locking the users to a specific technology.

So please, share knowledge and code, minimize development costs off common technology and accelerate the development.

In the end let the users decide which product they like more, based in the distinguish features that each project present.

We the users, will thank you a lot and recognize the good companies and projects and will use their products.

Urbano

]]> By: timfry http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/comment-page-1/#comment-60218 timfry Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:29:20 +0000 http://ascher.ca/blog/2007/12/22/competition/#comment-60218 David - It sounds like it your intention with MailCo to reinvent a Mozilla Mail program/Mozilla communications program. Is Thunderbird going to continue to find support? And, if thought about, is the plan to consider corporate or home users more? David – It sounds like it your intention with MailCo to reinvent a Mozilla Mail program/Mozilla communications program. Is Thunderbird going to continue to find support? And, if thought about, is the plan to consider corporate or home users more?

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