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No one asked dpreview to give reasons for their move ... but the ones given are utter non-sense and some what insulting.

Quote: "This is an exciting move for dpreview.com, and will give us access to considerably better resources and allow us to expand our content and add features, tools and improvements to sections of the site that we know our users will love".

As much as I like Seattle it does not have "considerably better resources" than London.

"expand our content and add features, tools and improvements to sections" ... this is an internet site and content features and tools could be added from outer Mongolia ! never mind poor ole London.

I am not looking for an explanation ... but if you are going to give one ... try to make it more credible !

Chas.
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dpreview is owned by Amazon, Amazon in HQ'd in Seattle, WA and as such Amazon might have better/cheaper resources (whatever they are) available for its own division on site in Seattle than in London...

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The one thing we have here in Seattle are lots and lots of software developers. Many of them are unemployed at the moment and willing to work relatively cheap.

You have to understand that in the software industry, the term "resource" refers to a human being who develops software. Once in awhile it means equipment too, but for the most part they are referring to the human element. Having dpreview close to papa Amazon gives the parent much more control and allows resource sharing.

I feel bad for anyone who had to leave family and friends and move to the other side of the pond in order to stay employed during this wretched financial crises. On the bright side, Seattle is a decent place to live and there are many interesting and beautiful areas close by.

-Gene L.
http://www.ttl-biz.com
http://www.studiography.blogspot.com
 
That's not what the pilgrims say : )

but seriously, lobbying for a modern lab or pre production cameras is not like playing air guitar,
it takes flesh-pressing to be effective.

Maybe the next move will be to Japan, but for now, the "utter" consumer market is the US.
 
exdeejjjaaaa said:
dpreview is owned by Amazon, Amazon in HQ'd in Seattle, WA and as such Amazon might have better/cheaper resources (whatever they are) available for its own division on site in Seattle than in London...
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the income tax in Washington is also on a reasonable level.
 
Gene L. said:
The one thing we have here in Seattle are lots and lots of software developers. Many of them are unemployed at the moment and willing to work relatively cheap.
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And London with a population of 7.5 million people doens't have more IT workers than seattle with a population of 0.5 million people? Doesn't wash, I'm afraid.
Gene L. said:
You have to understand that in the software industry, the term "resource" refers to a human being who develops software. Once in awhile it means equipment too, but for the most part they are referring to the human element. Having dpreview close to papa Amazon gives the parent much more control and allows resource sharing.
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It's a website.
Gene L. said:
I feel bad for anyone who had to leave family and friends and move to the other side of the pond in order to stay employed during this wretched financial crises. On the bright side, Seattle is a decent place to live and there are many interesting and beautiful areas close by.
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Chossing between London and Seattle is a no brainer. Resources for photography are second to none, plus you're closer in time to the critical asia market.
Gene L. said:
-Gene L.
http://www.ttl-biz.com
http://www.studiography.blogspot.com
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Skipper494 said:
....I've seen many changes in the last three quarters of a century and rarely are they for the better.
Skipper.
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Wow. That's one broad generalization.
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dpreview.com
 
why would anyone give a rats rectum where they locate DPR. Closer to the Asian Market? WTF? Shipping what to what market? If they want to locate in Tuktoyaktuk the only people who it affects are their staff. For everyone else nada. If they are moving because of the availability of pgmrs that makes no sense. How many do they need? 1 or 2 maybe? It seems it's all done and dusted except for minor changes and fixes.

By the way, I would like to order 5 cases of skoink from DPR. Can you ship it USPS? I am just over the CDN border so that's handy.
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mike_2008 said:
And London with a population of 7.5 million people doens't have more IT workers than seattle with a population of 0.5 million people? Doesn't wash, I'm afraid.
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And just how many world renowned software based giants can London brag about? Seattle has Microsoft, Amazon, Google, a host of well known smaller companies like Real Networks, Expedia, Nintendo, etc., and a plethora of smaller companies scattered all over the area.
mike_2008 said:
mike_2008 said:
You have to understand that in the software industry, the term "resource" refers to a human being who develops software...
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It's a website.
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Websites need developers.

-Gene L.
http://www.ttl-biz.com
http://www.studiography.blogspot.com
 
Simon Joinson said:
Skipper494 said:
....I've seen many changes in the last three quarters of a century and rarely are they for the better.
Skipper.
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Wow. That's one broad generalization.
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Simon Joinson, Editor
dpreview.com
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Look! Look! He's gone "All American" already.. Just look how he's spelt generalization - with a Zee! (Zed in English, English) We spell it generalisation!

See; the end is nigh! - Beware the ides of March or October!

We're doomed I tell you.. ;)
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After the amazon take-over, I would've thought to see DPReview to be able to expand their userbase to a large part of the non english speaking nations of Europe (still the largest camera-market in the wordl!) with editors from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. turning it into must-visit website for millions of non-english speaking photographers as well...

But it seems that your new strategy is completely the opposite, focussing on (or should I say retreating to?) the US market instead of trying to expand the userbase elsewhere...

With the current economic situation being as it is, I have doubts that this is a solid strategy in the long term... but then, it's getting quite clear that it's no longer the DPReview staff calling the shots, but the owners in Seattle... realy sad ;-(

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http://rpopken.zenfolio.com/
 
Hannover said:
After the amazon take-over, I would've thought to see DPReview to be able to expand their userbase to a large part of the non english speaking nations of Europe (still the largest camera-market in the wordl!) with editors from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. turning it into must-visit website for millions of non-english speaking photographers as well...
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Localization is greatly overrated, and helps mostly those who do not reach to the Internet for resources; hence in case of a website, it is not particularly productive.

Besides, there is a wealth of information in the forums. How do you propose to translate those?
 
Hannover said:
After the amazon take-over, I would've thought to see DPReview to be able to expand their userbase to a large part of the non english speaking nations of Europe (still the largest camera-market in the wordl!) with editors from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. turning it into must-visit website for millions of non-english speaking photographers as well...
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The overwhelming majority of European photographers that matter speak English. English is the language of international business and the internet in particular. Few Germans speak Portuguese. Few Poles speak Spanish. Few French speak Swedish. But most educated people across Europe have at least a basic understanding of English. And even if they did want to balkanize the site in to various language sub-components, what does that have to do with the physical location of their offices? Seattle has plenty of people that speak German, French, Spanish, Italian, ect. And if they wanted someone from outside Seattle, they offer that person a job and the person moves, same as people did when their offices were in London.
 
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