Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
>Crispin Cowan drank the Kool-ade and wrote:
>
>
>>The problem is that the bulk of sites that don't work are the most "corporate" ones: web casts.
>>
>>
>You mean garbage like those things that let you automatically flip
>powerpoints for a remote user to present a talk? Garbage that has
>become popular because sales reps and marketing weenies are
>apparently too stupid to tell their meeting attendees, "next slide,
>please..." as they pause to collect their thoughts? Yeah, we need
>that garbage in order to do business. Not.
>
>
While that is one use for it, no that is not what I mean. If it was just
"next slide please", then I agree that it would not be worth the bother.
But it is much more than that. Those webcast thingies can bitscrape
anything off the desktop screen. Thus I can demo an interactive GUI onto
a remote customer prospect's desktop to show them what our stuff looks
like, without them having to install anything.
>>Most of the webconference software out there does not work with anything other than IE/Windows.
>>
>>
>Then don't use it. It won't hurt you. Honestly.
>
When I'm buying stuff, I act like that, because it is my prerogative to
shop elsewhere .
But when I am selling stuff, I need to cater to the customer's desires.
And sometimes, the customer desires to see the stuff before they will
give me a meeting. Sometimes, I desire to show the customer stuff before
I spend the $$$$ on a plane ticket to show them in person. This is
actually a valuable tool, and it annoys the crap out of me that it is
(mostly) only supported on Windows/IE.
>>IMHO, this is by far the largest hole in the Linux desktop market that holds companies back from switching.
>>
>>
>You've been drinking the Kool-ade, Crispin.
>
>When they say "we're not switching because Linux doesn't have XYZ"
>that's the same bullsh*t as the "security is a performance problem"
>song. It's just the quickest excuse they could reach for to make you
>
>
Again, you're taking the wrong meaning.
My rant is not that we should just shrug and let 'em not switch. It is
that there is a legitimate hole in the Linux desktop space, this is it,
and some of these webcast service providers should step up and fill the
hole. How the hell else am I supposed to market a Linux server product
to customers using a Windows desktop unless the webcast product works
cross-platform? Raindance? WebEX? Are you listening? This is your market
calling :)
Crispin
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Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/
CTO, Immunix http://immunix.com
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