In article <h2ns2s$kc...@ger.gmane.org>, Chris Hills <c...@chaz6.com>
writes
That's the kind of "marketing-led" response I was hoping to hear.
But the UK National Rail system now uses Tweets to tell customers about
disruptions on the trains, and several major UK government departments
and news organisations use it for announcements and "Breaking News".
So has it become "respectable" yet?
When there are open-source equivalents available (e.g. Laconica,
OpenMicroBlogger - both of which incidentally are compatible since they
are based upon the OMB spec), I do wonder why a commercial or
government entity would use a closed-source, non-domestic service.
That's fair comment, but how do you get your customers to install quirky
niche solutions to what's a once-a-year problem?
They all seem pretty happy using a multitude of other "non-domestic"
solutions, which probably accounts for 99% of the stuff they have on
their PCs.
So "not sufficiently mature" we can get away with as an excuse, but
"Made in America" isn't going to put many people off :)
--
Roland Perry
