That's what I'm talking bout AD7six, you gotta show them. Even for me (as a developer) I've read all the Ruby on Rails hype, never really bought into it. A colleague of mine mentioned that he was going to start developing in RoR, to which my response was "Why?".
Until I saw the screen cast (hey, there's an idea!) of baking, it really didn't hit me. Doug, you gotta show them. -- Kevin Lloyd 3HN Designs http://www.3HNDesigns.com/ (214) 473-4207 On Jan 25, 2008 8:22 AM, Chris Hartjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2008 9:42 PM, b logica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Like it or not, CakePHP needs a bit of a sales pitch that management > > can understand. > > > > So CakePHP is supposed to provide marketing materials for people to > convince their bosses to let them use it? I know we're getting close > to flame-war territory, but I feel that the problem is not with > CakePHP but with the developer themselves. If you can't convince your > bosses that CakePHP is worth using, well, who's fault is that really? > No amount of "sales pitch" info is going to convince people if you > can't communicate. > > I worked for a number of years for a company that was very resistant > to change. Every decision seemingly needed to be run through a > committee, sometimes multiple times. In the end, the easiest way to > get your idea accepted was to just build a sample using whatever it is > you were trying to promote to show them that you knew what the hell > you were talking about. > > This is the strategy that AD7six is proposing. Doug, just build > something with Cake to show your bosses that it is a tool worth using. > > -- > Chris Hartjes > Internet Loudmouth > Motto for 2008: "Moving from herding elephants to handling snakes..." > @TheKeyBoard: http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
