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I am perplexed. I for one am running a project that would have absolutely embraced famo.us as part of the UX. There have been lots of smoke and mirrors, a few e

I am perplexed. I for one am running a project that would have absolutely embraced famo.us as part of the UX. There have been lots of smoke and mirrors, a few emails dotted in to ensure we didn't think the development team had died. I smell fear here, whether it is investor fear or team fear of losing IP and control when(if) they open source the project. Whatever the issues they are harming the credibility of the platform. I was an evangelist to begin with - a library built in JS that can silence the compiled crowd is a sure feat. Now I am more of a skeptic. If this is how long it takes to release the codebase, imagine what updates will be like. I know in the newsletter Steve has been trying to appease, but all that it sounds like now to me is a flash of arrogance over owning a toy that no one else can play with, in an "i know you need this, but hang on" kind of way. I know it is not meant in that way, that would be silly. WebGl is maturing and if they don't push what they have then they will lose the traction they have for sure. Hopefully they will just release what they have soon and be done with it.

X4 13y ago
Assuming you're right, then that fear is about money, if your claim stands right. But, if the fear is money, why don't they just let every developer test it early for a fee? Σ that up and you end up with a great way to fuel your startup, without causing premature investor-friction. Here's a number: $ 5 × (100.000 × ¼) = $ 125.000 in Free Capital What that means for their customers (Early Adaptors) is this: $ 5 + EULA + (Freemium of sorts in the future, for loyalty) = WIN TBH: I thought the same, I mean the decision to lock-out so many potential developers willingly is very bad, or just ignorant. Personally I value their startup high as a replacement of <Enter-Mobile-Framework-Here>, but time is not everything, sometimes you can loose a lot of customers, because of the bad first impression you have made in the beginning.
- karellan126 13y ago
  Good thought but the numbers they're playing with and hence pressure/expectations are much higher. $5.1m invested dollars in from big VCs already http://www.crunchbase.com/company/famo-us http://www.crunchbase.com/company/famo-us VCs were betting on the longshot that famo.us delivers and actually works as a layer/graphics engine for non-native apps (a $100m+ play for sure). We all saw those bets and the founder certainty as a guarantee this technology would actually live up to the hype where I think we should look at this one more like the VCs did. A 1 in 20 shot and changes everything if it happens vs. expecting it to happen and factoring it in our plans. Hate to say all this because I'm building a browser limit pushing project myself that could have used famo.us...
cast-blu 13y ago
Not sure if this is useful but code just check out one of the examples on codepen and click the little gear in the JS panel. They link to the famous lib there https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/demo.famo.us/befamous/famous.lib.js https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/demo.famo.us/befamous/fam...

X4 13y ago

Assuming you're right, then that fear is about money, if your claim stands right. But, if the fear is money, why don't they just let every developer test it early for a fee? Σ that up and you end up with a great way to fuel your startup, without causing premature investor-friction. Here's a number: $ 5 × (100.000 × ¼) = $ 125.000 in Free Capital What that means for their customers (Early Adaptors) is this: $ 5 + EULA + (Freemium of sorts in the future, for loyalty) = WIN TBH: I thought the same, I mean the decision to lock-out so many potential developers willingly is very bad, or just ignorant. Personally I value their startup high as a replacement of <Enter-Mobile-Framework-Here>, but time is not everything, sometimes you can loose a lot of customers, because of the bad first impression you have made in the beginning.

karellan126 13y ago
Good thought but the numbers they're playing with and hence pressure/expectations are much higher. $5.1m invested dollars in from big VCs already http://www.crunchbase.com/company/famo-us http://www.crunchbase.com/company/famo-us VCs were betting on the longshot that famo.us delivers and actually works as a layer/graphics engine for non-native apps (a $100m+ play for sure). We all saw those bets and the founder certainty as a guarantee this technology would actually live up to the hype where I think we should look at this one more like the VCs did. A 1 in 20 shot and changes everything if it happens vs. expecting it to happen and factoring it in our plans. Hate to say all this because I'm building a browser limit pushing project myself that could have used famo.us...

cast-blu 13y ago

Not sure if this is useful but code just check out one of the examples on codepen and click the little gear in the JS panel. They link to the famous lib there https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/demo.famo.us/befamous/famous.lib.js https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/demo.famo.us/befamous/fam...