Comments on: Crossing the Chasm by Giving Away Software for Free? http://matthiaszeller.com/blog/2006/07/26/crossing-the-chasm-by-giving-away-software-for-free/ Straight out of Palo Alto Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:55:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: RaymonWazerri http://matthiaszeller.com/blog/2006/07/26/crossing-the-chasm-by-giving-away-software-for-free/#comment-5683 RaymonWazerri Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:46:17 +0000 http://matthiaszeller.com/blog/2006/07/26/crossing-the-chasm-by-giving-away-software-for-free/#comment-5683 Hey, I love what you'e doing! Don't ever change and best of luck. Raymon W. Hey,
I love what you’e doing!
Don’t ever change and best of luck.

Raymon W.

]]> By: Don http://matthiaszeller.com/blog/2006/07/26/crossing-the-chasm-by-giving-away-software-for-free/#comment-8 Don Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:53:47 +0000 http://matthiaszeller.com/blog/2006/07/26/crossing-the-chasm-by-giving-away-software-for-free/#comment-8 I think you understimate the impact of software cost impact to even very LARGE enterprises. Companies are tired of spending big $ on solutions that FAIL. When you are trying to get market adoption, you have to decide if market penetration is important to you...if so, you have to bite the bullet and get your teeth in. You can charge more for the bells and whistles surrounding the technology. Livecycle is a great tool, but it is a one trick pony. By that I mean, it automates workflow and offline documents etc. But the company still has to handle document management, ERP, CRM etc....a lot of money gets spent. I have clients who are addicted to Sharepoint...why? It does a lot for a low cost and it turns viral quicklu (a plus and a minus) . So finding a cheaper way to get Livecycle STARTED in enterprise is a good thing. I think you understimate the impact of software cost impact to even very LARGE enterprises. Companies are tired of spending big $ on solutions that FAIL. When you are trying to get market adoption, you have to decide if market penetration is important to you…if so, you have to bite the bullet and get your teeth in. You can charge more for the bells and whistles surrounding the technology. Livecycle is a great tool, but it is a one trick pony. By that I mean, it automates workflow and offline documents etc. But the company still has to handle document management, ERP, CRM etc….a lot of money gets spent. I have clients who are addicted to Sharepoint…why? It does a lot for a low cost and it turns viral quicklu (a plus and a minus) . So finding a cheaper way to get Livecycle STARTED in enterprise is a good thing.

]]> By: Zee http://matthiaszeller.com/blog/2006/07/26/crossing-the-chasm-by-giving-away-software-for-free/#comment-2 Zee Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:39:37 +0000 http://matthiaszeller.com/blog/2006/07/26/crossing-the-chasm-by-giving-away-software-for-free/#comment-2 I'm glad someone is taking my rants seriously ;) i think one of factors holding livecycle (and many enterprise products) back is the lack of specialists in the field. the original motivation behind my idea was to make livecycle accessible enough so people could try it out, learn it on their own, and put it on their resumes. by making the core parts of livecycle free, individuals and smaller organizations would be able to adopt the technology to solve their problems at hand, and in the process building up brand loyalty. the partnership with SAP is definitely very exciting. i think lc has a pretty good shot crossing the chasm :) I’m glad someone is taking my rants seriously ;)

i think one of factors holding livecycle (and many enterprise products) back is the lack of specialists in the field. the original motivation behind my idea was to make livecycle accessible enough so people could try it out, learn it on their own, and put it on their resumes. by making the core parts of livecycle free, individuals and smaller organizations would be able to adopt the technology to solve their problems at hand, and in the process building up brand loyalty.

the partnership with SAP is definitely very exciting. i think lc has a pretty good shot crossing the chasm :)

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