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so if you found a great application that perfectly matched your needs, you wouldn't use it purely because it required installing software on your computer?
by pclark 18y ago
so if you found a great application that perfectly matched your needs, you wouldn't use it purely because it required installing software on your computer?
- staunch 18y agoThe real scenario is: Two companies make similar software that fulfills your need. One requires a download and the other doesn't. Who wins?
- pclark 18y agothe one thats cheaper
- staunch 18y agoTake "similar software" to mean all things being roughly equivalent, including price. Jeez.
- axod 18y agoThat's also untrue. If one was cheaper, but required me to install some desktop software, I'd happily pay the extra to have the better solution.
- cmos 18y agoI'm pretty sure I had to download silverlight to watch netflix movies on my Mac.
- stormideas 18y agoNetflix are using Silverlight for their streaming service, see http://netflix.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=288 http://netflix.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=288 for details.
- staunch 18y agoNot a good example. Netflix would have chosen Flash probably if it wasn't for a special deal with Microsoft. They traded something in exchange for choosing an inferior solution (inferior in that it requires a download).
- axod 18y agoYes. I'm betting against installable software. The whole point of a collaboration type app, is that you can use it from anywhere - your laptop, desktop, iphone, nokia, netbook, internet cafe, library, wii, etc etc Requiring a user install some software negates the whole point for me.
- stormideas 18y agoI'm also betting against installable software (Silverlight plugins excepted!). You just need to look at Joost's traffic since they went web-based rather than desktop client: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/08/joost-has-a-heartbeat/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/08/joost-has-a-heartbeat/ I'm hopefull that over the coming months / years Microsoft manage to get Silverlight out there and available on as many platforms as possible, allowing me to write applications that can take advantage of that reach. In the meantime the aim is to start building up enough user numbers to create a viable business, I've got very low overheads and no debt so hopefully that can come from the existing Silverlight install base + people who are willing to install it if they think the application will do a job for them.
- axod 18y agoSure, what I could see of the app, and design looked very good. So congrats on that. Good luck with it :)