Ken....
Good observations based (obviously) on experience. You may be right, though I wonder how easily this kind of market is located and tapped. Other comments below.
On Aug 7, 2004, at 2:47 PM, Ken Ray wrote:
However, I would disagree with you when it comes to theWhile I think that's fundamentally true, it's also true that they look at total cost of ownership. And the big question that *I* hear when I propose to use Revolution to do a project centers on the question of long-term maintenance. That question, in turn, has two parts: (1) how long will the company (RunRev) be around; and (2) if Dan gets run over by a dinosaur, how easy will it be for me to find another Rev developer? I can usually get by the first one by explaining the whole engine story but the second has been a show stopper twice. In both cases, I simply passed on the contracts because, frankly, I don't want to get really good at any more programming languages. I'm getting too old. :-D
small-to-medium-sized businesses out there. Most of them just want to "get
the job done", as quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible.
*Here* is where Rev (and other tools of its ilk) *can* make inroads. All
that it takes is enough compelling evidence that RunRev isn't going
anywhere, that the underlying engine has been around for a decade, and that
it is the most efficient way to develop the application/product they want,
and it's a much higher chance that said company will allow for a tool like
Rev to be used.
I think you're right that the chances of getting the small to medium sized company to adopt Rev is much higher than that of a corporation. But it's still not very high, IMNSHO.
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