Re: Leaving WebObjects...think biz
Re: Leaving WebObjects...think biz
- Subject: Re: Leaving WebObjects...think biz
- From: Jeremy Matthews <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:20:08 -0400
I am not WO Developer, per se...more of a tinkerer and Middleware,
techie and biz guy. Hence the installer.
However, when I do work with clients of biz that want a web app
developed, we usually quote out to different firms for WO, .Net, LAMP,
RoR, and the list goes on....
Quite frankly, we just ask about their preferences (if any), and
usually make the business case based on the amount of resources and
different timelines the project would require. We usually don't even
get into the technology unless they want to maintain their own stuff
and code. We offer options for each "package".
Most usually lean towards the best combination of cheapest/fastest/
highest quality (which is usually WO), unless they "discover" that it
is WebObjects and they are a total fear-based MS Shop. Usually,
management is making the decisions and we just show the projected
costs, and time, and required resources based on each different
offering. We then say "You could go MS/.Net, but it will cost an extra
30% and take longer to develop, with higher maintenance costs...your
choice". While this is not ALWAYS the case, you'd be surprised how
often it is...
So, we make the biz case and give options...they make the decision.
Also...when they ask about the underlying tech (.Net, LAMP, RoR, PHP,
WO, etc), and it is a WO-based app, we usually say Java. Now, they
always get full disclosure, but that is what WO really is...Java.
I am aware that there has been some uncertainty about WO...but you can
get support, you can find developers, and the tools are probably the
best they've ever been, are under contract to being developed, etc.
What WO lacks is marketing and damn good documentation. I think the
direction of WO is finally clear.
-2cents
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