You're absolutely right, Ferg. I have *tremendous* pull over the decision maker in my company...because I'm the decision maker in this sole proprietor company!
But, seriously, not ever having worked in a corporate environment, (and hopefully will always keep it that way) I would find it hard to believe that IT managers, and others, wouldn't discuss the use of major technology tools before taking such a leap...but again, what do I know, I'm just the boss. ;o) (and a lowly developer...) Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 2:26 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: OT: ColdFusion and Flex > > > While I agree with you guys that it would be nice to have a marketing > push aimed at informing and exciting developers, I'm not sure that it > would be a worthwhile investment on Adobe's part (or any software > company's, really); at least that's how I think they see it. Developers > don't spend money and, in my experience, rarely affect how it gets spent > in any significant way and on what technologies an organization will > use, (though many seem to mistakenly think they have a larger impact on > both) . I think the developers who do end up affecting the way these > decisions are taken often dig to find the information they need and are > only moderately inconvenienced by any lack of available low-level > information. In the end, I just don't think the marketing folks care > what anyone other than the aforementioned IT Manager types think. The > mindset seems, very often, to be one of: market straight to the decision > maker and if you do your job right, he'll take care of the rest. > > Maybe I'm just rambling, but I've had this conversation with an > associate a number of times about a number of different companies. I'm > not speaking to whether this is negative or positive, but it does seem > to be the case. Also, I know that each of you out there reading this are > all the exceptions to this and have tremendous pull on your > organization's decision making, so please don't feel insulted. : ) > > --Ferg > > Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > preaching to the choir Rick ;-) > > > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > > phone: 250.480.0642 > > fax: 250.480.1264 > > cell: 250.920.8830 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:231991 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
