[dmix]

People always downplay the power that technical users have on regular people.

Who do you think the moms and friends all listen to? Their technical friends. This of course won't hit 90% of users but it's enough to have a large influence well beyond just power users.

Few companies survive pissing off the nerds when there is legitimate competition available in consumer products.

[packet_nerd]

> Few companies survive pissing off the nerds

I wish this sage advice was part of every business executive's education. :-)

[citilife]

Tell that to Oracle...

[dmix]

B2B enterprise sales is a totally different beast than free consumer software. That type of boardroom decision making is inherently disconnected from the technical capabilities and even integration success rates.