>Well, this morning, that came true for me. I was told we don't have the >budget for CF Enterprise (even though we just got a $15,000,000 grant >last year and are purchasing a $2-3,000,000 business system) so CF is on >its way out in the next year.
I at least have been able to get CF purchased, but the "we've got no money" thing gets so old when the group is dropping six and seven figures on enterprise bloatware projects. I have a theory about this dynamic. All these old school IT managers and execs came from the world of client server, ERP systems- IT as the back office application masters, basically. That is what they know. They don't know jack squat about the Internet or the Web- they just plain don't get it. As a result of their ignorance and lack of experience in the Web sector, they make bad decisions. They are still back in a time warp in 1998, believing that it's OK to spend a million dollars implementing an ERP system, but the Web stuff should all be free. Those kinds of folks are useless to me. I have been thinking about writing a white paper that is basically a polemic against enterprise software and the narrow-minded old school thinking of so many senior IT people. Of course, I work for an enterprise software company, so my paper might not go over that well at the office. Too bad, it needs to be said. >The office of university relations has been wanting us to get a content >management system CMS so we can better distribute content chores to >different departments rather than tying up the web developers. > >Well, to counter that, my manager said, we will use Microsoft's >Sharepoint Portal server. "It is an excellent CMS application!" This is exactly the kind of thing I am talking about. He has no idea what the hell he is talking about. He probably read a review in Computerworld, and that was good enough for him. > >Now, we are getting three large web-based applications, all built in >Java or MS technology, dropping ColdFusion and yet the number of >application requests continue to increase. Wait until we get our >business system running. Then, requests will skyrocket. > >So, that leaves me at point-zero with Java, people jumping on my ass to >get development requests built using technology no one at our campus has >ever seen, and little to no budget for training or other resources. >(Except we have a coupon for an IBM Java class or two.) > >It just really seems unrealistic to totally dump all the CF knowledge, >start at nothing with Java and still expect to get more work done than >ever before. I sympathize with your plight. Funny how "free" becomes "very expensive" when it comes time to configure large Web applications like Sharepoint Portal. >I don't really expect any replies about the justifications of CF vs >other technologies. It won't help. This guy came from IBM and is very >deep in MS's ass as well. MS hung the moon and lit the stars, if you >know what I mean. >Now, I have to try to figure out how to get three totally-different web >portals, running on different application servers and physical servers, >to appear as a single entity. Look for a new job tomorrow. If you had another opportunity and you told your boss you were leaving, how do you think he would react? What if you shared, in the best possible way, the story you just related here and told him you were thinking about looking for another opportunity that better fit your skills? Would he be upset? Would he try to convince you to stay? Forget about, "this technology v. that technology". Your fight is about leverage and who has it. If he would freak out at the thought of you leaving, then you've hooked him and you just need to reel him in. If he would not care, you need to get out of there asap because he doesn't value your contribution. The good news is that the economy is generally improving and there are CF jobs in the market. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152477 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
