This is an interesting concern. I am from DIA, moving on next week as a ruby on rails developer from being a Silverstripe developer. In my humble opinion I think Sapphire has its limitations compared to Rails (I'd rather not go in to details). The majority of target projects for Silverstripe are brochure level sites. The main driver behind this is consolidation and consistency across govt web space.
I believe the application space will still remain on specialised technology stack such as java, ruby, .net etc. - Shoaib On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Mark Pascall <[email protected]> wrote: > Difficult to know. I'm guessing that it could end up being used for much > more than standard CMS stuff (Silverstripe are pitching their "Saphire > Framework" in the Rails space and I'm guessing are going to offer a > "custom" Saphire/Silverstripe option for those agencies who don't want just > standard CMS modules). We are already seeing agencies who are wanting > much more than standard CMS stuff looking to move towards Silverstripe. > I'm concerned that we could end up in a situation where agency folk are > just going to choose Silverstripe for everything "web" (as it will > be perceived as a safe choice, i.e. DIA recommended). There is a > briefing next week so I'll hopefully find out more > cheers > Mark > > > On Friday, February 8, 2013 3:23:49 PM UTC+13, Henry Maddocks wrote: > >> >> On 7/02/2013, at 11:37 AM, Mark Pascall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > A few of us Rails vendors (who have government clients) have been >> following this closely. http://www.stuff.co.nz/** >> technology/8270685/Huge-coup-**for-local-software-firm<http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/8270685/Huge-coup-for-local-software-firm>. >> Let me know if anybody wants to get together to discuss the possible >> implications for the Rails community in Wgtn / NZ. Could meet up after >> work one day or at next WellRailed meeting. >> >> Hey Mark, >> >> what proportion of Govt projects are CMS vs app projects? >> >> Henry >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WellRailed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wellrailed?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WellRailed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wellrailed?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
