> > I think that's a pretty unfair, and easy to answer argument. > > not unfair, not anything really. you've missed my point.
Okay, can you clarify your point then? > > Does that frighten you? > > hardly anything but my wife scares me anymore. As a married guy, we're all in that same boat together. > > 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. > > and i guess i can say that some customers actually expect you > to bear those frustrations as being part of their deal with > you. you are being "responsive" to their sadistic needs ;-) > yadda yadda yadda. but that was not my point. some offices > might chuck their web staff out the window some day. their > business might well shrivel up like some raisin & they > personally will probably end up in the dankest corner of the > nether regions but they still might. "think" was the > operative word there. Sounds like you might want to address it on a client-by-client basis. In larger clients and in my experience, we've utilized rather large CM systems to handle everything, including a workflow process that often gets revisisted quite a bit. In smaller ones, with homegrown solutions, we typically allow them the opportunity, but they're paying for the technology. It's a bit more customizable--at least right now--and has to do with the specific needs of the client. I'd find this to be a great asset, from my limited exposure to it thus far, to some of the lower-budget, less-technology savvy clients. Regardless of which, as long as I can begin to remove myself and my team from the process of the content, I'm happy as a clam. Plus, if I have to repair one more typo... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm