Paul, I think that's a pretty unfair, and easy to answer argument.
For starters, and I'm not jabbing at you, persons who live by that type of thinkging, well, they typically have a reason to live in that sort of fear. Macromedia, as best as I can tell, is listening to the PITA comments from web developers and designers everywhere. In fact, they're making it easier for persons who cannot create dynamically driven web pages to remain competitive. Certainly there's a deliniation between the levels, and Macromedia, in my opinion, is remaining competitive in a market where Content Management is a strong buzzword, but the strong costs associated with a Vignette doesn't seem to make much sense when someone can create a weblog in ColdFusion in just under 2 hours. Does that frighten you? Regardless, on of the biggest frustrations any developer / designer will admit to, beyond the difficulty in initially getting a client to sign-off on requirements and/or commit to what they want upfront, is the nickel-and-diming that happens afterward. I'd much rather be someone that a client doesn't have to depend on for minor updates--which will eliminate a portion of the stigma that all consultants want to keep their hands in a client for as much as they can or that a consultant will up-and-leave shortly after development because a project wasn't all that fun. No one's being replaced; maintenance is being reduced from a developer/designer perspective and in conjunction with that, so are some frustrations that go hand-in-hand with it. There's a forest out there, you just have to get beyond the trees to see it, in my opinion. > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hastings [mailto:paul@;tei.or.th] > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:47 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Contribute and Studio Observation > > > > wouldn't buy Contribute for the folks in your office currently using > either > > CF Studio or Dreamweaver -- you'd buy Contribute for the > folks in your > > office currently sending email to the folks using CF Studio or > > Dreamweaver to ask them to make changes. > > and how long before the contribute users "think" they no > longer need the studio/dw folks & defenestrate them? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
