Matt Asay
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Matt Asay
beside blue buttons creating customer customers focus groups instead red screen useful wants
Going out and doing focus groups to find out that your customer wants blue buttons on the screen instead of red buttons is useful. But it's much more useful to have your customers creating those buttons beside you.
companies half money raised venture
Half the companies that raised venture money in 2005 won't be able to raise money in 2006.
database few front killer market months move nobody oracle response threat wants
My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from now, Oracle will have to give a real response to the open-source threat it faces. Tossing a lightweight database in front of a fast-moving market that wants free, open, and killer databases just won't fly.