On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:51:52AM -0400, Chris Nandor wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Selena Sol) wrote:
>
> > I think the perl for businesspeople should be broken down by industry and be
> > written from the point of view of each target market. Standard targetted
> > marketing. Case studies, cost analysis, resources, etc. The point would be
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > to convinve businesspeople to take Perl seriously. So it would not be too
> > technical.
>
> I have never understood why it matters much if businesspeople take Perl
> seriously.
It is easier to have permission than to ask for forgiveness.
> We all know that Perl is used in most places without telling anyone that
> it is being used. If businesspeople knew it was being used, they are as
> likely, or more likely, to order that it not be used anymore as they are
> to ask that its use be increased. Businesspeople are dumb like that.
You have to speak to businesspeople in language they can relate to.
They don't care that Perl is beautiful/elegant/terse. They don't
have to look at it. Easy implementation is not "their problem".
They count beans, show them the beans:
"We had 1 Perl programmer do that because we did not have
3 Java programmers available to do it."
Most businesspeople would understand that accomplishing the same
tasks with a smaller payroll is a Good Thing.
--
Tad McClellan SGML consulting
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Perl programming
Fort Worth, Texas
