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		eli_s on Oct 8, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Atlas: A Visual Development Tool for C... 'How many desktop-rich web applications have "made it."' maybe that depends on your definition of 'made it'. Personally I think any self-sustaining business is a sign of success - and using this definition there are many thousands of successful software developers out there making a comfortable living building rich web apps that you'll never hear of simply because they don't fit into the social media zeitgeist

alttab on Oct 8, 2009 [–]

You make a fantastic point.

It's the social psychology principle at play - what stories can we think of that are easy to recall?

That said - does anyone know of a desktop-rich web app that is in the black from charging to use it (That isn't already very popular)?

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