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Re: [www-vrml] Tim BL Is Baffled, Too
Hi Miriam,
OK - you *really* don't have to reply to this one :) (unless you can't resist it :) )
>> AFTER that happens all the companies will jump in to try and gobble from honeypot.
We have corporate participation from a number of significant organizations - Sun, 3Dlabs, NPS, France Telecom, US Army, PTC, Media Machines, UGS, Template and others - and they find value in the Consortium. So I do not believe we should revert to a pure open source community model - but I agree we could use more company participation - and the community could add real value too - hence this conversation.
I appreciate your time and feedback.
Neil
Miriam English <miriam@werple.net.au>
Sent by: owner-www-vrml@web3d.org
10/03/2004 01:58 AM
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Neil TREVETT wrote:
> miriam wrote:
> >> This will definitely have to be my last.
Eeeek... almost last. :)
> >> Well, that is the theory. Is it working?
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> Not enough - because there is no obvious widespread application as
> discussed before..
Actually I think you have that backward.
Everybody talks about the killer-app. But I honestly think that comes afterward. So many things start off as a 'useless' gizmo. The laser was dismissed for years as an expensive toy. HTML didn't start off to be the thing that everybody would want -- it was just some geeks scratching an itch. Linux was another geek (Linus Torvalds) wanting to play with a free Unix on his home computer.
I don't think anybody will see the killer-app until it is obvious and we have all the technology in front of us. And then it won't be one of us, it'll be some kid on a school library computer in India or something.
AFTER that happens all the companies will jump in to try and gobble from honeypot. At that point there will be money a-plenty.
> >> There was a much smaller community when VRML 1.0 began it all.
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> But a number of big companies putting in resources
I don't think the companies came in till later. In the beginning it was just a few smart guys and a rapidly snowballing community. I think one of the first companies that had a big role to play was SGI and I can't deny they performed an incredible service to the community. I doubt you'll ever find many companies like that though.
> >> Honestly? I'm sorry, no. I think the consortium will continue to
> become more insular.
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> I respect your view - I hope the Consortium can prove you wrong :)
I really do hope I am wrong.
Best wishes,
- Miriam
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