Rev's Mac-Centricity (Was: Plea to sell Dan's book widely)

[Dan Shafer]

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 the
> 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.
>
While 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

>
> *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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