Comments on: Habari 0.6 Released

By: Chris J. Davis

Chris J. Davis — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:48:48 +0000

While agreeing with the above statements, I do think we need to do a better job at making what we do sexier and more exciting to people who don’t dig around in code.

David, I for one, would welcome your contributions to that effort. You seem to have a handle on that side of the bizness. Feel free to contact me if you would like to talk more about it.

By: David

David — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:44:25 +0000

For me, I just wanted to let everyone know that the release text is by no means a deep look into what users are getting in the latest update. Keep up the great work guys. :)

By: skippy

skippy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:41:11 +0000

The Habari community includes a diverse collection of people, but to the best of my ability, none of them are marketing experts. That’s okay, though. As Andy points out, we want to focus on our strengths, one of which is a focus on staying out of your way so you can blog.

It’s a fine line to walk to market your product. We could have spent a lot of time and energy saying how wonderful and great all the features are in this release, and then someone would come along and say “What, it doesn’t do X?”

Bear in mind also that we’re still beta, pre-1.0 software. Habari is a growing, evolving product with what we hope is a more measured, deliberate development strategy than some other open source projects. When we hit 1.0, expect a giant party. ;)

By: Andy C

Andy C — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:28:33 +0000

Thanks for bringing the announcement of Habari 0.6 to the masses.

As for the lack of PR and marketing, I quite like that about Habari. Like the software, it’s understated and to the point with no bloat.

I just love the even shorter version: ‘Executive Summary: New release. Get.’