> Their interests are obviously not aligned with yours. You need to be able > to > make the argument that you're going to have to maintain the systems these > agencies build, and so they need to work with your platform. Lots of > companies do this, whether they use CF or not. For example, many > organizations have standardized on a specific platform, and any web > applications have to fit in this platform. They do this not because one > platform is obviously superior to another (although ideally they've chosen > the best platform for their use) but because they need to simplify > maintenance, and managing one platform is easier than managing multiple > platforms.
We ran into a similar situation (before I joined the company) where A new CEO wanted a new web presence. They outsourced it to a company that used a eZpublish (http://ez.no/ ) built on the *AMP stack . It is a great site but I am the only one in the company that has any experience with Apache, Mysql or PHP so they were SOL when they needed any changes until I came onboard. Basically nobody in house could support it. So any time they needed to add something or change something other than content they had to outsource that as well... Ergo: more $$$$$ HTH G -- "If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough" -- Mario Andretti ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308474 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
