On Jan 24, 10:36 pm, "Doug @ Straw Dogs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I'm a developer by heart and know I'd love to code in CakePHP.
> However, I'm failing to see any solid business benifit in using it
> that can help me sell it to the directors.
>
> The site states features - but not benifits and certainly not business
> benifits.
>
> Imagine there's a small company with 2 developers. One knows Cake and
> the other doesn't. The preferred development method is 'quick and
> dirty' with no desire to learn new methods.
>
> How do you sell a new framework like Cake in that instance?
>
> Help me out - please? :)
>
> P.S.
>
> In answer (devils advocate) to the sites sales pitch:
> "No Configuration" - Way too vague.
> "Extremely Simple" - One developer doesn't know how to use it. Time
> is money and no matter how simple it is, it will still require time to
> learn.
> "Active, Friendly Community" - So what? Why do I care? I can do it
> in PHP - that has a huge community too.
> "Best Practices" - We've not used best practices before and its
> worked. So why change now?
> "OO" - As above. Nothing more than a buzzword. Whats the point.
> Yada yada yada.
>
> This is what I'm up against....
Get out of there and while you still can!
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