tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353492816956009365.comments2016-06-01T04:59:16.846-04:00Read TFMTom Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05658717311518859311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353492816956009365.post-75369712075844023162010-05-25T03:35:59.639-04:002010-05-25T03:35:59.639-04:00Thanks for the comments. I'm uncertain whethe...Thanks for the comments. I'm uncertain whether Metaweb is still working on a new product strategy or if the rebranding and packaging of things represented to full extent of what they had planned.<br /><br />I think that a paid hosted data wiki service and/or selling licenses for their graph database software are definitely potential revenue sources. A key question for potential customers would be performance and scalability -- an unknown to everyone except Metaweb.<br /><br />I think Jason Douglas, VP of Product Development, may actually have the role I was talking about, although I'm 100% clear on whether it's a product management role or engineering role or some combo of the two. He appeared on the revamped executive team page that was post about the time I wrote my original post, but I don't know how long he's been in the role.<br /><br />I should definitely write more about Freebase, competitors like Factual, FluidDB, and Neddle, as well as strategies for potential customers and partners. Thanks for encouraging me to bump it up in priority.Tom Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05658717311518859311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353492816956009365.post-40993289672874750852010-05-19T17:35:42.938-04:002010-05-19T17:35:42.938-04:00You wrote this post almost two months ago, and we ...You wrote this post almost two months ago, and we have yet to see any public announcements from Metaweb concerning any new strategy. I greatly enjoyed this post and wanted to invite you to write further on the topic of business strategy and Metaweb/Freebase.<br /><br />Let me offer a few observations here:<br /><br /><br />I had always thought and hoped that Metaweb would find a way to monetize its database technology (e.g., by selling its database code or host private data on its servers). Could that still be a viable strategy?<br /><br />I agree that Metaweb could benefit greatly from hiring/promoting a Director of Product Managment.<br /><br />I love the inventiveness of Metaweb and Freebase but am concerned too about the issue of focus. One sign of insufficient focus is that it is really hard to know what part of Freebase is really, really good and what part isn't. We know that it's not all great.<br /><br />I very much agree with the potential that Metaweb/Freebase has in the area of human/machine synergy -- something I've wanted to experiment with more but have yet to.Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847941708302188690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353492816956009365.post-291844639155895352010-03-07T00:31:57.554-05:002010-03-07T00:31:57.554-05:00Tom Morris has rightly moved from Kenn's insid...Tom Morris has rightly moved from Kenn's insider's focus but got busy with Tool Vendor Problems before stating the problems of UML USER.<br /><br />A software developer using white board or paper for drawing UML 2.0 Diagrams is NOT affected by Interoperability or Incompatibility problems. <br /><br />In my assessment the definition of terms, graphic constructs, and their clarity, precision and expressive power to represent problems, requirements, solutions and designs in UML 2.0 (+ Unified Process) have not reached a level simplicity and usefulness that appeal to analysts and software developers. On the one hand they are oversimplified and so useless and on the other hand some terms and graphics are too complicated serving no useful purpose. <br /><br />With some corrections, simplifications and enhancements it is possible to "Make Most of UML and Go Beyond". Let us discuss, agree on recommendation and approach OMG. <br /><br />Putcha V. NarasimhamUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749227726044982821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353492816956009365.post-59215185995036602142008-10-27T22:14:00.000-04:002008-10-27T22:14:00.000-04:00Tom, I'm glad to see that you've started a blog; t...Tom, I'm glad to see that you've started a blog; thanks for your response to my post. You've forced me to come to terms with the fact that the problems I listed (and the ones listed my many other participants in the UML Roadmap working group) are in fact just symptoms of more fundamental issues with the way specifications are defined/developed at the OMG. Things like design by committee, vendor politics, closedness and opaqueness.<BR/><BR/>I'd argue that the first two of the problems you listed are symptoms of these as well. As for the third, I'm not sure it's fair to place the blame squarely on the OMG itself, although I agree that some things could be improved. I'm hoping that initiatives like open source "reference" implementations and the Eclipse/OMG symposia that were held earlier this year will continue to have a positive effect on improving the way things are done going forward...Kenn Husseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584300551729300431noreply@blogger.com