Comments on: Big Boy Marketing

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 03:59:52 +0000

Naw it makes sense… sort of. For one thing, still reading & digesting your article. Secondly, at least in my opinion, I think your article, or at least your perspective on it is ahead of its time. By that, I mean, a lot of these things need to come to fruition (not any results, just the events themselves) before I’ll personally feel they are now old enough to reflect on them.

I don’t wanna wait, though, so these inights do nicely. Just trying to learn how people operate. Thank you very much!

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 03:52:59 +0000

Hi, I see it as “toolkits” and “solutions”… ways to make things, ways to do things. Dreamweaver helps skilled people create a wide variety of sites; Contribute helps anyone edit the content in an existing HTML site.

The Breeze platform helps anyone create certain types of presentations, trainings or meetings… the Flash toolset helps skilled people create a wide variety of applications.

Here’s an older column on a similar topic:
“Toolkits and Solutions: How Contribute and RIAs both fit into Macromedia MX”
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/jd_forum/jd020.html

Am I on-topic to what you’re seeking, or did I drift off-course in my understanding…?

By: Chafic Kazoun

Chafic Kazoun — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 02:05:49 +0000

I guess that is true but also from what I have seen from Brian and as you state, he is one smart dude and I would prefer to have a custom solution by him anyday over a non-flexible yet finished product from MM. But that is just me :)

On another note, i’m sure that if a developer is creating a product very similar to breeze live then they will be in competition, but there are already a bunch of interactive power-point type applications out there. If I were a developer I would not create such a product today, even if Breeze Live didn’t exist. I can’t remember the names but I saw 3 out there already during Flash Forward.

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 01:58:55 +0000

Naw, like I think Brian Lesser stated that his company develops products, it seems packaged with more than your average customization, to the very same types of companies that Macromedia is marketing too with products like Breeze.

However, Brian Lesser is also a developer in my eyes because he’s smart, I’ve seen him on the Flash lists, and I think he’s written books aimed at developers.

So, technically, he’s both.

By: Chafic Kazoun

Chafic Kazoun — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 01:50:54 +0000

I lost you a bit Jesse on this comment

“I have heard form people selling products to the same market who also use the MX productline”.

Do you mean that Macromedia is selling to companies both packaged solutions and the MX product line?