DISQUS

Guys:
Thats a great job. Working from different location and pullin something like this is big task and job well done. Wish your app is succesfull.

Hi Luca:
Congratulations!. Big moment to enjoy. Time to spend time with the family.

Cheers,
Omfut

I agree with you. I have been through the same shit.

Thats a interesting list. You title should have been how to network online and keep them active:-).

Thanks Guys. This is realy what i needed.

Dave,
What is RSS day? Is it a lame question. Whats the deal here

Cheers,
Omfut

Yeh, thats a cool one. No jazzy stuff. I like the simplicity of the design. Iam sure micheal got u on the ad part. Who cares! as long as the reader love what u say, i dont think its that big of a deal. You just rock and love reading some of ur articles. Keep up the great work

Cheers,
omfut

Excellent!. I couldn’t agree more with you on this. I guess the point is not how close techtwits is with twitter, it’s more to do with how something can be built with open source software. In addition, focusing on the idea and leveraging the differentiation points are more important initially.
On a side note, I guess execution also matter's big time when you get some traction based on the idea. For an idea to succeed, you need a good ‘A’ list team to support and sustain the idea

Cheers,
omfut
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Pretty cool product. Here is my thoughts on this product.
Pros:
• Flash penetration in the market is phenomenal. Voice support was something that was lacking for a long time. Ribbit phone component fills the gap very aptly. You can call this as a Skype for browser.
• Using this component, flex developers can now create so many different voice applications. You can build a click- to-call, unified messaging, partial FMC (simultaneous/sequential ringing based on the configuration).
• You could even build a complete IM client that supports addition of contacts, groups, make and receive voice calls etc.
• Looking at the profiles of the management team, my guess is these guys are building their own voice network that becomes the backbone of Ribbit phone component. So any voice calls made between Ribbit users and any other external contacts shall use this network. Good marketing strategy. Still not sure about their business case. I can smell a Ribbit out and Ribbit in charges for voice calls when connecting to a PSTN network.
• Any Flash (flash 9) based application can now support voice features without downloading a new soft client or procuring hardware.

Cons:
• Browser based soft phone is not something new. For example Gizmo call, Busta and many other companies have products that support browser based voice calling. Not sure if these guys have really cashed on their browser soft phone.
• Goribbit’s success depends on the acceptance of the developer community to use Ribbit phone component as their voice interface. Not sure if Goribbit has a standalone voice product of its own, targeting social networking or any other community.
• Not sure if their Ribbin phone components uses existing standard signaling or proprietary signaling interface like Skype. If it uses a proprietary signaling interface, then it might become a bottleneck for their growth.
• I have read a lot of articles about adobe working on supporting voip as part of the Flash. If this is to be true, then everything blows over.

Omfut