I never understood the 'too cheap' argument. I remember working at SGI a few years back on a project. I asked the PM why there were using (I forget what - some java app server) instead of ColdFusion - and the answer was that the SGI big wigs thought CF was too cheap - they wanted a 25k solution, not a 2k one. Stupidity like that is just insane.
======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:38 AM > To: Spectra-Talk > Subject: RE: Spectra Trial > > > Totally agree on SiteMinder, huge mistake for MM. > > I think the biggest error they made was how Spectra was marketed and > pricing. Look at how much the competing products cost, for example > Interwoven. Spectra was too cheap to be perceived as a player > in content > management. If they set the code free to customers maybe it > could end up > being something really solid. > > > > > > > Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 02/06/2003 10:32 AM > Please respond to spectra-talk > > > To: Spectra-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: Spectra Trial > > > My point was about Figleaf bashing something that they > > still offer paid training for. > > I apologize. It wasn't my intent to bash Spectra per se, and > I don't speak for Fig Leaf Software in that regard. > > > I like and respect Dave and Steve a great deal, but > > remember how Figleaf aggressively pushed Spectra to > > clients when it came out. We were one of those who > > shelled out money for the product, training and > > consulting services, based on their glowing > > recommendations. > > Well, to be perfectly honest, the way I see it is that > Spectra had the makings of a potentially great product. To > elaborate a bit, I think that > for > a product of that complexity, it usually takes a couple of > major versions > to > get where you really want to go in the long run. When I > looked at the initial version, I thought "this will be really > great by, say, version 3". In that case, it makes sense to > start using it, and as it gets better, you get the benefits > of that improvement. At the time, I thought it was as > good > or better than competing products, and would be even better > in the future. Of course, that isn't how things worked out, > but that was certainly my expectation at the time. > > So, anyway, I'm sorry for making a smart remark off-the-cuff; I just > figured > there were enough SiteMinder veterans who felt the same way, I guess. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/spectra_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
