I downloaded NextPage after hearing about them from a couple of podcasts recently on Podtech.net of which they seem to have some level of sponsorship role in. My experience in this particular area leads me to believe that they have something novel and worthwhile, but like any other early release NextPage needs more specific functionality to be truly effective. People collaborate using more than just Office documents. Projects take shape and develop using all sorts of editable and static content. Enhanced file support is surely in their roadmap.
I also think that the cost is out of line for something like user based document collaboration and tracking. As a matter of fact, I think it should be free for limited functionality. If they want any level of adoption by the masses, it will need to be free. So, how are they supposed to make money? Offer some level of accelerated service or similar and charge willing particpants for compelling functionality.
How can I argue that functionality is insufficient but the price is out of whack? Simple. The value of the user network is apparently worth more than cash flow anyway. Skype proves that. $7M in revenue for a $2.6B+ transaction but with 52M users.
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