Comments on: On good blogging form by Jaime and arbiters of attention http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/07/12/on-good-blogging-form-by-jaime-and-arbiters-of-attention/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:09:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Alex GoncalvesGoncalves http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/07/12/on-good-blogging-form-by-jaime-and-arbiters-of-attention/#comment-384 Alex GoncalvesGoncalves Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:15:33 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=286#comment-384 I guess Jaimes' post is about the greater good (R&D with Java technology) and some national pride. Publicizing the competitors solution actually shows the market (atleast the portuguese market which is more MS biased) that Java is a viable solution and costumers show take notice... If the Java industry grows as a whole, everyone stands to gain. Actually, isn't it curious that even though these 3 companies managed to hold a presentation at JavaOne, Bruno Antunes had to setup a blog himself to post the presentation. Maybe companies in Portugal (ideally with Suns' coordination) should unite more in presenting their Java based solutions, in a MS dominated marketplace. I guess Jaimes’ post is about the greater good (R&D with Java technology) and some national pride. Publicizing the competitors solution actually shows the market (atleast the portuguese market which is more MS biased) that Java is a viable solution and costumers show take notice… If the Java industry grows as a whole, everyone stands to gain. Actually, isn’t it curious that even though these 3 companies managed to hold a presentation at JavaOne, Bruno Antunes had to setup a blog himself to post the presentation. Maybe companies in Portugal (ideally with Suns’ coordination) should unite more in presenting their Java based solutions, in a MS dominated marketplace.

]]> By: Josh Hallett http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/07/12/on-good-blogging-form-by-jaime-and-arbiters-of-attention/#comment-383 Josh Hallett Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:28:21 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=286#comment-383 Originally posted at: <a href="http://www.hyku.com/blog/archives/000227.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hyku.com/blog/archives/000227.html</a> Here is a quick story. Back in 96/97 when I first started up my web studio, we had a rather 'fierce' competitor in our market. This competitor, who shall remain nameless, loved to bad-mouth us. As we would acquire new clients we would ask them how they found out about us, and why they chose our firm over the others in the area. One client gave this response..(paraphrasing) "Well actually we had never heard of you, initially we met with your competition since they were considered the market leader. During their initial presentation they spent a great deal of time talking about how much better they were than you. My assistant and I walked out of the meeting and said, 'I guess we know who we need to talk to, since they're scared to death of them' and that's how we found out about you." Over the course of 1997 we picked up at least three clients in this manner. They almost all had the same story. Competitor, thank you for bad-mouthing me. Originally posted at: http://www.hyku.com/blog/archives/000227.html

Here is a quick story. Back in 96/97 when I first started up my web studio, we had a rather ‘fierce’ competitor in our market. This competitor, who shall remain nameless, loved to bad-mouth us.

As we would acquire new clients we would ask them how they found out about us, and why they chose our firm over the others in the area. One client gave this response..(paraphrasing)

“Well actually we had never heard of you, initially we met with your competition since they were considered the market leader. During their initial presentation they spent a great deal of time talking about how much better they were than you. My assistant and I walked out of the meeting and said, ‘I guess we know who we need to talk to, since they’re scared to death of them’ and that’s how we found out about you.”

Over the course of 1997 we picked up at least three clients in this manner. They almost all had the same story.

Competitor, thank you for bad-mouthing me.

]]> By: Marion Vermazen http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/07/12/on-good-blogging-form-by-jaime-and-arbiters-of-attention/#comment-382 Marion Vermazen Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:36:44 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=286#comment-382 As usual James this is a thought provoking post. This is a subject I have been thinking about for a while. Even though I believe very strongly in what you are saying, I think when you are new to working for a company (as I am) it is wise to figure out the new company's position on constructive blogging before linking to what might be construed as negative press. As I see it, what you can and can't say as a new employee is something to be very careful about. I'm going to link to this post from my blog when I get a few minutes and talk about engaging discussion but for now this comment will have to do. As usual James this is a thought provoking post. This is a subject I have been thinking about for a while. Even though I believe very strongly in what you are saying, I think when you are new to working for a company (as I am) it is wise to figure out the new company’s position on constructive blogging before linking to what might be construed as negative press. As I see it, what you can and can’t say as a new employee is something to be very careful about. I’m going to link to this post from my blog when I get a few minutes and talk about engaging discussion but for now this comment will have to do.

]]> By: Paul Schaeflein http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2005/07/12/on-good-blogging-form-by-jaime-and-arbiters-of-attention/#comment-381 Paul Schaeflein Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:59:23 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=286#comment-381 I am glad to see that you fully appreciate the purpose of my post about SharePoint. Others have missed it. Getting Scoble to link was very easy -- pick a topic that would interest him (e.g. a Microsoft product has a problem) and then link to him. (I also sent an email, which he politely responded to.) I am glad to see that you fully appreciate the purpose of my post about SharePoint. Others have missed it.

Getting Scoble to link was very easy — pick a topic that would interest him (e.g. a Microsoft product has a problem) and then link to him. (I also sent an email, which he politely responded to.)

]]>