I'm a CF guy, and one of those who doesn't know a whole lot about programming. For example I don't know VB, and don't know diddley about asp. My business is a really small development/contracting business.
I have a client who has a mixture of asp and coldfusion in the site (it's historical don't ask!) and they're feeling a bit vulnerable on the asp side. There is to be a meeting next week to plan for contingency in case the guy who looks after the asp side of the site disappears, gets sick, gets a full time job somewhere else, or whatever. (He's a contractor too and working a day a week keeping the site ticking along but not a lot of development going on) I need to work out what I'm going to do about this, and I have several choices. I'd like your opinions about what I should do .... A. I can do nothing, keep on working on my ColdFusion part of the site and gradually increasing the CF share of the site as I have for the last couple of years. Risk: they might get someone who will put up a good case for standardising on one technology and doing away with the CF. At best, that would give me a fight on my hands which I might win, might not, but I'd rather not have that fight. Everything's going along nicely right now. At worst, I could lose that fight and be out of a major client. B. I can learn asp and take on the responsibility for understudying the asp guy. This is no small task for me. I will have a lot to learn. But then if I have asp skills in my bag of tricks, it will increase my value on the contracting market. And it would cement my place as the "web guy" at the client. C I can take on the responsibility for understudying the asp guy, and hope I never have to actually cover for him. And if I do, I'll get a subcontractor at the time at the prevailing rate. Are there any other possibilities you can think of? Which alternative would you go for? Cheers, Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP WebWorks ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
