As we get closer to the end of 2007, it's important to reflect on the progress we have made at Curl in the US market. We launched Curl formally at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last April. We should count that as the start of our US launch. We have done numerous analysts briefings to explain the positioning of Curl, in the enterprise RIA space. The result of all that effort , for example, is the latest post from Ryan Stewart's about us. This is what he said: "Flex had a great year but is it the primary technology for building RIAs? I think at this stage of the game it’s the most mature but primary is a strong word. One thing that’s happened over this year is that the field of RIAs has really blown up. We’ve got Curl, Ajax getting more advanced and Silverlight/WPF applications in the wild. It’s too tough to call Flex the primary technology."
During August 2007, we published a study comparing Ajax, Flex, and Curl. This study was widely discussed and I presented it at WebBuilder 2.0 two weeks ago at Las Vegas. Curl's strength as the high-end RIA platform came out loud and clear. Take a look at our new website. We introduced the RIA Knowledge center. We had our first developer day at Paisley 's (a key customer) office in Minneapolis last May. We also launched a brand new developer site.
So all in all, we have raised the awareness of Curl and as we step into 2008, the mantra is execution and customer adoption.
Happy holidays to all of you.