--- Rodney Clang <rodney.clang@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Are we not marketing ourselves enough in front of Tim or
> whomever ?
> Ideas??
The Ruby on Rails framework is so hugely popular in large part due to
the people who created it. They've demonstrated their ability to
market their product. Regardless of the technical merits (and like any
product Rails has pros and cons), successful marketing can be the key
between a wonderful product's success or failure.
The ****tland Perl Mongers group is very active. However, one of our
largest turnouts (I stopped counting at 50) was for the Ruby on Rails
demo. I doubt we'd get a similar turnout for Catalyst ... unless it
was marketed well. If we had a Catalyst expert in town who can do as
slick a demo as the Ruby folks did, I can probably drum a decent
turnout with enough notice (hint, hint).
The Perl Foundation has actually discussed putting effort behind
marketing/announcing some of Perl's more successful "big" projects.
Bricolage is an obvious candidate (our competitors usually charge in
the six figure range). Catalyst was also discussed, but here were some
issues we saw:
* No evidence of large, well-trafficked sites
* Poor do***entation.
* Very little "buzz"
If Catalyst were better do***ented and it could start generating buzz,
Tim might change his mind. If he doesn't, it would still be a benefit
to both Catalyst and the Perl community.
Cheers,
Ovid
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