Comments on: Ratchet-X: XML Based Desktop Integration

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:53:49 +0000

The form screenshot looks like the salesforce.com Account screen. How does this integrate to salesforce?

By: Firefox Fan

Firefox Fan — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:17:44 +0000

wow, i want to try. if they’re gonna do it in “nice and easy” way, instead of ultra-non-usable soft it could become great addition to desktop apps.

By: TechCrunch Japanese

TechCrunch Japanese — Sun, 13 May 2007 22:55:06 +0000

Ratchet-X―XMLベースのデスクトップインテグレーションツール…

ニューヨークのManhassetに本拠を置くRachetSoftが提供するRatchet-Xは、XMLベースのデスクトップインテグレーションツールだ。ユーザーが利用している既存の複数のアプリケーションに横断的…..

By: Ivan Pope

Ivan Pope — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:36:21 +0000

Duncan, fair enough, you’re allowed to go all techy sometimes

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 12 May 2007 17:27:53 +0000

Duncan – while you’re out getting the price for us, would ya mind bringing back a box of Pilot 0.5 mm black pens (the ones with the silver sides)? I can’t draft intelligent comments without this pen. Oh, and some Twizzlers would be great, too.

Thanks, bud.

By: Outside the Valley

Outside the Valley — Sat, 12 May 2007 16:46:51 +0000

Ratchet-X: Desktop mashup technology from New York…

Techcrunch covered Ratchet-X, a desktop based XML platform that allows anyone to share data across different desktop applications. It’s similar to Yahoo! Pipes for the web, basically allowing multiple applications to interact and mix up the same …

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Sat, 12 May 2007 13:41:12 +0000

Tom
not sure on the price. Will find out. Heri, sort of like pipes, but it can mash up web and software data that would otherwise need a custom solution to link.

By: heri

heri — Sat, 12 May 2007 12:46:23 +0000

have you tried the service? isn’t this the Yahoo Pipes for IT departments?

By: Tom Gleeson

Tom Gleeson — Sat, 12 May 2007 10:51:01 +0000

Any idea as to the cost of the product? Not even going to look at a new product without some idea of its pricing, after all the reason to use a product like this is to save money or add to the bottom line.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Sat, 12 May 2007 08:56:11 +0000

Catch 22 Ivan. I’ve been criticized for being not-techy and for providing opinions/ descriptions in some comments on previous posts

By: Ivan Pope

Ivan Pope — Sat, 12 May 2007 08:20:39 +0000

Uh huh. I think this is the first Techcrunch company where I had to work really really hard just to get an idea of what you are talking about. Don’t go all techy on us now!