It's worth noting that Chris Trew doesn't see Stratis as a competitor of Ethereum. They will never displace Ethereum when it comes to smart contracts. What they want to be is a one stop shop for all things blockchain for the enterprise world. I think we do them a disservice by saying Stratis is Ethereum in C# and therefore will be huge. It's not and it doesn't aim to be.
Its like saying that Microsoft and Apple are not competing for the same market.
Reality, this is competition.
Feels more like IBM vs Google or something similar. I get your point, there is definitely competition but I think Stratis is really built around their go to market strategy and it just looks different to Ethereum. We'll see. I think there is enough room in the space for both and while competition will increase the innovation, I think Stratis making it as easy as possible for companies to make what they specifically want/need will make a difference with that specific market whereas Ethereum is giving a platform for a lot of people to innovate DAOs that fit an area of the market but might not necessarily exactly fit the needs of the enterprise.
Exactly, Trew is just being diplomatic. I bet he wants to leapfrog ETH like the rest of us STRAT holders.
Without question he wants to leapfrog ETH in terms of market cap, value and name recognition. But that doesn't mean they are competing directly for the same customers with the same products.