> 1) Don't worry about whether Web2Py is 'Enterprise Ready'. That is > Tech Press/Vendor Spiel to create marketshare with appeal. Its verbal > junk. Go take a look at table 2a > --http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/smallbus.html > . The tally of firms <100 employees to those >100 outrank them 10x.
You're very right, there are many more small businesses than large ones. > The number of firms with budgets that support $1m+ software projects > is less than 20k. There are probably 100 'Enterprise Providers' (eg > Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle) chasing that small field. So when I hear > a programmer state they do 'Enterprise level production development' > like some badge, Django or otherwise they too are chasing that small > field of money. Most likely as a member of one of those 'Enterprise > Providers'. Again, I couldn't agree more--people who say they are doing 'Enterprise level production development' are usually part of Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, or are working for a large company using primarily those products. I usually find that term to be more fluff than anything else. There are a few components to 'Enterprise level production development' that are truly unique, like OLAP/OLTP that don't tend to happen in other domains, but most of the time people aren't talking about that. > 2) The opportunity is in that <100 employee range. Those firms rarely > have million dollar budgets. Nor do they typically have the budgets to > buy WebSphere platforms or SAP software. But their need is just as > great for specialized software. > > Better to cater to the smaller firms who would benefit from web2py. It > is just as important to be able to be profitable in the small scale as > the large. Fact more so. Definitely! It seems that Web2Py is highly optimized for this type of situation. Small team, rapid prototyping, teaching, etc. I think it's a really under-appreciated niche, too. Thanks, Eric Florenzano --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
