Re:YouOS - A bright example that intelligent people are not ...
by chmike on Monday August 20, 2007 @03:53AM
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Of course being intelligent is not enough. And by the way a technically perfect product is not enough too.
It has to provide a benefit for the users which is not obvious with YouOS. Microsoft made the same mistake with Vista...
If your system contains a positive feedback (i.e. the more people are using your product, the more value it gets for users. It then attracts new users, etc.) the you get a chain reaction which can blow your numbers.
YouOS in it self doesn't have these two key properties. But they could provide an application running on YouOs that could have these properties. Something like Zimbra.
In order to justify the difference with classical systems, they should pick an application that profit fro the particularities of having a web os.
It has to provide a benefit for the users which is not obvious with YouOS. Microsoft made the same mistake with Vista...
If your system contains a positive feedback (i.e. the more people are using your product, the more value it gets for users. It then attracts new users, etc.) the you get a chain reaction which can blow your numbers.
YouOS in it self doesn't have these two key properties. But they could provide an application running on YouOs that could have these properties. Something like Zimbra. In order to justify the difference with classical systems, they should pick an application that profit fro the particularities of having a web os.