Comments on: I Want Sandy Back http://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/16/i-want-sandy-back/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hoahttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/16/i-want-sandy-back/#comment-41871 Hoa Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:38:18 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19588#comment-41871 For gNotes and Google Notebook, google notebook service including the web interface will be at least kept running for current users. For gNotes and Google Notebook, google notebook service including the web interface will be at least kept running for current users.

]]> By: Steven Eppingerhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/16/i-want-sandy-back/#comment-41795 Steven Eppinger Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:59:59 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19588#comment-41795 Oh, and one other thought on using ANY web-based service, ask them what THEIR backup strategy is before entrusting any of your data to them. If they are unwilling or unable to answer that question, move on to another service. Oh, and one other thought on using ANY web-based service, ask them what THEIR backup strategy is before entrusting any of your data to them. If they are unwilling or unable to answer that question, move on to another service.

]]> By: Dan Cohenhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/16/i-want-sandy-back/#comment-41793 Dan Cohen Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:46:38 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19588#comment-41793 Chris, I have to disagree. It isn't "cloud good" or "cloud bad"but rather "back up is a must". Like anything else there are limitations to the technology and services. In this case, one limitation translates to- backing up isn't optional. Chris, I have to disagree. It isn’t “cloud good” or “cloud bad”but rather “back up is a must”.
Like anything else there are limitations to the technology and services. In this case, one limitation translates to- backing up isn’t optional.

]]> By: ownersitehttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/16/i-want-sandy-back/#comment-41792 ownersite Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:40:50 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19588#comment-41792 We have been in the web app space since 2000 with our Ownersite product (Judie did a great review of it last year), having adopted a subscription-based revenue model in 2003. Has this potentially kept our subscriber count lower, perhaps, but it has ensured a source of revenue. We launched our follow-on product, Home Ownersite, last year. It is so incredibly cheap and easy to build a web application these days thanks to open source, the cloud, outsourced labor and AdSense, but what so many of the (now and future folded) Web 2.0 companies fail to see is that even with the greatest product out there, if you want to sustain and grow a company, you need a revenue model. The same sentiment that existed in 1996 still exists today among users, that all useful web-based applications must be free. Buyer (so to speak) with this attitude need to be aware that if it is free, it may not last forever. Someone has to pay the bills and downturns in the advertising industry lead to a lot of dead companies. Am I the only one that senses Bubble 2.0? We have been in the web app space since 2000 with our Ownersite product (Judie did a great review of it last year), having adopted a subscription-based revenue model in 2003. Has this potentially kept our subscriber count lower, perhaps, but it has ensured a source of revenue. We launched our follow-on product, Home Ownersite, last year.

It is so incredibly cheap and easy to build a web application these days thanks to open source, the cloud, outsourced labor and AdSense, but what so many of the (now and future folded) Web 2.0 companies fail to see is that even with the greatest product out there, if you want to sustain and grow a company, you need a revenue model.

The same sentiment that existed in 1996 still exists today among users, that all useful web-based applications must be free. Buyer (so to speak) with this attitude need to be aware that if it is free, it may not last forever. Someone has to pay the bills and downturns in the advertising industry lead to a lot of dead companies.

Am I the only one that senses Bubble 2.0?

]]> By: Christopher Sperahttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/16/i-want-sandy-back/#comment-41791 Christopher Spera Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:14:35 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19588#comment-41791 Computing in the Cloud... not good. Especially when you store data there. not good... Computing in the Cloud… not good. Especially when you store data there. not good…

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