[REBOL] Re: facts we will have to face ...
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 26-Oct-2001 9:23
Hi, Robert,
Well,... YMMV.
Robert M. Muench
wrote:
> > Think of a presentation (e.g., the example on the RT site)
> > which might include suitable audio clips either as:
>
> Well, in real business no one cares to much about internal
> presentations (only marketing does)...
>
All I can say is that there are times when people where I work
care *very* much about internal presentations (e.g., training,
presenting business case for mgt approval, keeping loosely-
coordinated groups in synch, training some new suit to what
a department does, etc. ad infinitum...)
Those are all just as much a part of "real business" IMHO as
retail sales or consulting.
> I don't think you can replace PowerPoint here... and it
> doesn't make sense.
>
The way I understood the message of
http://www.rebol.com/reblets.html#presenter
that's *exactly* the point (and sense). What if someone is
using a box that doesn't run anything from Redmond? Are they
not doing "real business" and therefore disqualified from
viewing/participating? The idea of a platform-agnostic
presentation capability (especially if it supports real-time
interactivity) makes tremendous sense to me, for all kinds of
reasons. And I think RT has proven that it can be done.
In the extreme case, send the entire presentation AND /View
on a single diskette/email. They'll easily fit!
-jn-
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