good Rev demos

[Lynn Fredricks]

Hi Mark,

> My point is that one doesn't need any additional expensive 
> software to turn Revolution into a server, while Filemaker 
> does require a special server/developer version. That's a 
> good way to impress Filemaker users, I'd say.

Right - but comparatively speaking, we arent hurting.

I can tell you that Paradigma gets a LOT of Filemaker users who have hit the
limits of what FM can do. There's nothing quite like running a query that
takes all day on FM against oodles of records, when you can have it done
during a short lunch break with Valentina.

Couple that with the rich interfaces you can build with Revolution on all
three platforms (with 2.9), and there is much rejoicing.


> My second point is that software users who use mainly Flash 
> won't be impressed by Revolution's capabilities to make 
> interactive animations. To make those people use Rev, you 
> first need to convince them that they don't want to make 
> interactive animations :-)

Right - I won't argue with you there - Flash is all about fast 2D animation
through a common runtime. Rev wont beat it at its own game. But then again -
"one tool" thinking is disasterous, even if it's a popular tool like Flash.

I can get Flash animations done at very little cost - the only reason why Id
pay more for Flash animation is if its part of a greater work because I can
get most done at commoditized rates. And often, that greater work requires
integration of multiple technologies that I can't get on the cheap.

This is just like knowing "HTML". Think back 10-12 years when someone who
new more than how to use "blink" could command a reasonable salary. Now my
outsourcers can outsource that to their neighbor's cousin's middle school
son :-)

>  From a company's point of few, it is surely a good thing to 
> have more than one tool available for specialised tasks.

When you love a tool or technology, its easy to forget this. It makes me
think of the companies that were crushed because they invested in OpenDoc
years back and loved it to death, even while it was put to death by Apple.

Best regards,

Lynn Fredricks
President
Paradigma Software
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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