RE: caller id (and talkworks)

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

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> From: Mark McCall [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 06 December 2003 09:46
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] caller id (and talkworks)
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> > As for your Rant........totally agree....i have adopted a very=20
> > similiar
> attitude towards developing any hardware ..........
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> I can fully understand the rant too...but we can't force=20
> people to use the stuff.
> We need a "killer app" to get people enthused.  Something=20
> we all can use that's easy to setup.
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Yep - This is a very valid point. I think both X camps are working
on killer app's and perhaps more importantly making xAP and xPL accessible
and useable to less technical users. The existing X users , who are pushing
the boundaries are fairly technical people and of course are building and
adapting to their own particular needs.  Taking a complex 'anything' and
making it simple to use and accessible to all is amazingly difficult and
much more time consuming then developing the complex 'anything' in the
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place.=20
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Of course it=92s a bit chicken and egg - if you're unsure quite how
many people are interested even if you offered the right tools. Trying to
offer cross platform solutions is also a real challenge. Bearing in mind
there is no 'reward' beyond seeing the protocol becoming established and
th=
e
associated 'warm' feelings when you see someone achieves a solution using X
in their particular HA setup.  A =A31 to a Big Issue seller achieves
simila=
r
things in shorter timescales.

Keep watching - we're getting there..

K