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Re:Introducing Atlas: A Visual Development Tool for Creating... by eli_s on Thursday October 08, 2009 @02:26AM (#868467)
'How many desktop-rich web applications have "made it."'

maybe that depends on your definition of 'made it'. Personally I think any self-sustaining business is a sign of success - and using this definition there are many thousands of successful software developers out there making a comfortable living building rich web apps that you'll never hear of simply because they don't fit into the social media zeitgeist

Re:Introducing Atlas: A Visual Development Tool for Creating... by alttab on Thursday October 08, 2009 @11:21AM (#869146)
You make a fantastic point.

It's the social psychology principle at play - what stories can we think of that are easy to recall?

That said - does anyone know of a desktop-rich web app that is in the black from charging to use it (That isn't already very popular)?