Sorry about that - Joe caught a Freudian slip in my mail. It is the client CIO (I tend to slip that way and think of him as mine). Accenture uses Struts all of the time (we use it in our base offering - that is why we want to use it here).
Sorry for the confusion. Thanks again to everyone, Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] 310-426-5587 -----Original Message----- From: Joe Germuska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:13 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: URGENT - Help defending Struts Importance: High >Our CIO is currently fighting the use of Struts by saying that it is not >widely used in B2C sites. Does anyone know of any sites, preferably >commerce sites that are using Struts? This would be extremely helpful. The CIO of a company as big as Accenture is going to decide whether Struts should be used or not based on whether or not anyone else is doing it? That's pretty weak. You'd think he'd at least have some trusted technology advisers that could help him decide based on the merits instead of just watching the crowds. Isn't innovation a big buzzword for consulting companies like that? My last project, a collaborative commerce project with a major lawn and garden equipment manufacturer, is built entirely upon Struts, and is already available for dealer registration; the public should be able to use the client's site to purchase tractors and accessories from local dealers in Q1 2004. My company has also developed a number of applications in the home appliances industry for direct to consumer and manufacturer-collaborative appliance sales which were either built from the ground up with Struts, or are gradually being ported to Struts. We also use Struts to run the primary consumer facing sites for companies in home furniture, office furniture, and personal healthcare products which don't currently have commerce components. But hey, if he wants you to write your own web application frameworks from the ground up, and internally perform all the testing that a large user community has already done on the Struts codebase and train all your new employees on the internal way to do it instead of hiring people who might come in already experienced in a framework.... well, that's one way to do it. Joe -- Joe Germuska [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.germuska.com "We want beef in dessert if we can get it there." -- Betty Hogan, Director of New Product Development, National Cattlemen's Beef Association --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
