AvantGo new support site

Alexander Turcic · 12-17-2004, 11:38 AM

AvantGo has revamped its support site now offering a more detailed knowledge database.

Wow, this is the third news on AvantGo today. Looks like they are trying to get some attention before Christmas

hacker · 12-17-2004, 12:42 PM

I personally don't trust them (not just because I work on a far-superior project), because of:

The deceptive proxying techniques
Their incredibly-insecure syncronization
Their ever-increasing bloat
Forced advertisements (even when as a "paid" user)
Their consistent lack of usable and usability features
Their proprietary conduit nature (malsync doesn't count)
Their abusive server-side spidering, ignoring robots.txt

They have a great model, if you never use it outside of your own personal intranet.

Back in 1997, I brought AvantGo down to $BIG_PHARMA to do a demonstration, and ask them about modifying the source code (the back-end is all Python, or was in 1997). Their refusal to let us modify the source for our Intranet use, prompted me to look for alternatives.. and exactly the motivation that allowed me to discover Plucker.

I still have the Christmas card from 1998 that their senior management team sent me, with all of their signatures on it. How nice of them.

They're still trying, but they have a lot of competition ahead of them now, due to their stagnation and lack of innovation in the last 4-5 years.

12-17-2004, 11:38 AM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	AvantGo new support site AvantGo has revamped its support site now offering a more detailed knowledge database. Wow, this is the third news on AvantGo today. Looks like they are trying to get some attention before Christmas

12-17-2004, 12:42 PM	#2
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	I personally don't trust them (not just because I work on a far-superior project), because of: The deceptive proxying techniques Their incredibly-insecure syncronization Their ever-increasing bloat Forced advertisements (even when as a "paid" user) Their consistent lack of usable and usability features Their proprietary conduit nature (malsync doesn't count) Their abusive server-side spidering, ignoring robots.txt They have a great model, if you never use it outside of your own personal intranet. Back in 1997, I brought AvantGo down to $BIG_PHARMA to do a demonstration, and ask them about modifying the source code (the back-end is all Python, or was in 1997). Their refusal to let us modify the source for our Intranet use, prompted me to look for alternatives.. and exactly the motivation that allowed me to discover Plucker. I still have the Christmas card from 1998 that their senior management team sent me, with all of their signatures on it. How nice of them. They're still trying, but they have a lot of competition ahead of them now, due to their stagnation and lack of innovation in the last 4-5 years.

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