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> My hope was that this would allow us to move away from SaaS, get a fast native software ecosystem where you store the data on your own machines. I would pref
by graemep 2y ago
> My hope was that this would allow us to move away from SaaS, get a fast native software ecosystem where you store the data on your own machines.
I would prefer that, but the GP was asking what a startup should try to do, and I think trying to get people to go back to using their own machines would be an additional barrier.
- cruzcampo 2y agoI do wonder if building software that runs on your own machine would be a market advantage in the EU. One could market strongly with the data privacy / sovereignty angle that resonates a lot more in Europe than the US.
- graemep 2y agoMaybe with tech people, but non-tech management and consumers do not care in my experience. I think its partly a cultural change with regard to privacy and partly learned helplessness.