I don't see that it will impact our business from large clients that are serious about content management. A lot of clients these days are also interested in web based content management not a program based solution.
There are many free / low cost cmss out there but when it comes down to it everybody wants an out of box solution which is subtly different i.e. those that want multistage workflow, document management etc There will always be the tools for diy element but having looked at this i'm not particularly concerned. From a tool perspective it does give us something to push to those clients with a flat site that dont have the budget or sometimes understanding to implement a CMS. my 2p Alex -----Original Message----- From: Ian Westbrook [mailto:ian@;futuredream.net] Sent: 11 November 2002 09:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] OT: Are Macromedia trying to reduce our business? totally agree. however, one ray of light is that most 'numbnut' clients are so clueless they won't even know such a system from MM _exists_ but no, not good news. most of my business is domain registrations and cms builds (increasingly in PHP), so I'm not chuffed either. Ian W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Tazewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: [ cf-dev ] OT: Are Macromedia trying to reduce our business? Interesting twist from MM in the form of "Macromedia Contribute". Basically a content management system for 'flat' websites. The software allows non-technical numbnuts to browse through a site and edit as they go. Take a look at the demos (which are huge) because you won't get any idea of what it is from my poor excuse for an explanation. My question is: are macromedia trying to kill off some of our valuable business? Creating out-of-the-box content management solutions isn't new, and anybody can build one... but with MM building one, and probably selling it extremely cheap (no prices available as yet), its doing us no favours at all. If I create an out-of-the-box solution and try to sell it to random punters, chances are I won't make a fortune. For businesses like mine, we don't have the time or the money to put into large marketing campaigns so we're not likely to get a massive audience. But for Macromedia its not a problem. They already build the industry standard web authoring software, so its not like they've got to make a massive effort to make people aware of new software. I don't know about you, but building content management systems is a large part of my business, and I can't really welcome something like this. There you go... that's my neck stuck out for anyone to take an axe to (for anyone who watched Sleepy Hollow last night)... Taz -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
