[thelist] What's a Programmer To Do?
Luther, Ron
Ron.Luther at hp.com
Mon Apr 6 09:30:09 CDT 2009
Jack Timmons picked up on Martin's note that:
>>Clients really, really, really hate lock-in.
... by qualifying:
>In my experience, they only really, really, really hate lock-in when they've
>been locked-in to a horrible code base that makes future expanding something
>akin to pulling teeth through the rear, or makes the website suffer
>performance issues/data loss.
Hi Jack,
I think you're on the right track, but I think it's simpler than that.
I think it's more:
* Clients really, really, really hate lock-in.
* Except for the ones who haven't yet learned how much they hate it.
Some folks learn faster than others. But on the other hand, there are always a select few who are forced to learn and re-learn this point multiple times. [1]
Cheers,
RonL.
[1] Take, for example, any CIO with the hubris to spend millions upon millions on development in order to avoid a few hundred thousand in licensing costs. After all "eating you own dog food" sounds really good in press release sound bites. [Grrrrr.]
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