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I'm investigating this right now, I can't tell you much, as I don't understand some of the fundementals yet. I have to say, first glance, I like the idea of th
by oehpr 8y ago
I'm investigating this right now, I can't tell you much, as I don't understand some of the fundementals yet.
I have to say, first glance, I like the idea of this tool a lot. I normally use light weight spreadsheets like gnumeric when I feel the need to use them at all, and I'd love a more expressive kind of spreadsheet/database/pivot table like this.
At the outset however, I'd be concerned about integrating a tool into my workflow that, most dangerously, is a service that could disappear and take my work with it. Second most dangerously, is proprietary. Third most dangerously, lacks a community beyond the initial dev. Fourth, if it is a service, is not a 'zero knowledge' service.
So while I like this look of this tool very much, and I'm going through the tutorials and playing around with it, personally I see this as a difficult sell. At least for me. But... I dunno, I don't think I'm the kind of demographic that moves markets.
You might see some kinds of success with this by emulating the gitlab model. open source the central components of it for personal use, and try to get some companies looking at it with enterprise-y features?
- gnat 8y agoAgreed, those four barriers are barriers for me as well. However, I'd note that enterprise startups all face and must overcome the same obstacles. (I'm sure you know this, just stating it for others who might not) In particular, proprietary is not a sine qua non. Some enterprise companies open source a figleaf to assuage proprietary concerns, while others simply stay proprietary. If you're a product manager and want to use Aha, you just have to use Aha and go with their pricing tiers (including 30 day free trial) and claims of security. There's no open source Aha. That hasn't stopped them from being popular. Funding and courting early adopters can go a long way towards neutralise 1 ($ and momentum imply a longer lifetime) and 3 ($ implies can hire other devs). Nothing ever removes the risk of a company cancelling a product, but that's the nature of products even from BigCos like Google and Microsoft. Even open source can be abandoned.
- egeria_planning 8y agoI've got several mails from people who'd like to install the system on their own machines. Installing Egeria is not as easy as a desktop application because it is a web server. I will probably add a download page with installation instructions in the next weeks.
- barrystaes 8y agoInstall a webserver/application? Sounds like what you want is a tiny Dockerfile. Can highly advise giving this a try, PM me for questions. And if written in a script (or non-compiled language) probably something to keep your source safe and avoid abuse. Some random examples are sourceguardian (PHP) or proguard (JAVA) or enclosejs (Javascript)
- tudelo 8y agoBut then you need Docker... right?