[australia] Why home grown CMS?

[Martin Bauer]

Frank Warwick wrote:
> All I am hearing here is negative corporate blandness.
That's a fair point Frank but unfortunately, it is about poor decision 
making
>
> Tirade after tirade of 'it cant be done' and 'don't go there' and  
> 'programmers are unreliable' is so depressing to hear (read). All this 
> comes down to bad planing and miss management of staff and not getting 
> involved because 'thats not what I do' attatude
I totally agree, at the end of the day, it's a management decision. Poor 
decision making, based on ignorance is the real problem here.
>
> Yes there are great open source applications out there, and yes you 
> are hard beat to do better, but folks, lets get back to what its all 
> about, its all about horses for courses.
Sure, it's about the right tool, no argument here. This means taking the 
time and effort to work out what is the right solution. This falls on 
the developer, management and the client.
>
> Some applications are such an over kill for a given solution, who 
> needs a 'Squiz' or 'Mambo' when they are a small business that is 
> working to make money, not run an IT department. Most people don't 
> have a clue about the web and an attachment in an email is a challenge 
> and definitely cant afford a full time money loss by employing a 'web 
> master'
Clearly a CMS is overkill for this type of client. I'd like to think 
no-one on the CMS list would suggest a CMS, homegrown or otherwise to a 
client who isn't willing to invest the time to learn how to use the 
solution. This is often where the best of intentions can fall down.
>
> There will always be a place for the passionate who produce for a 
> given market and the reality is that there are a lot of small fish and 
> not many whales.
Sure, but that doesn't mean re-inventing the wheel for all the small 
fish is a good solution either. We don't have many word processing 
packages for that reason. Most people have the same needs and can be 
solved with a handful of products.
>
> Rant and rave in your comfortable office and ignore the floor where 
> the effort is produced and your attatude will never change. Get off 
> you ass and be part of the solution and life will never look better.
That's exactly why I chose to use an existing solution and then make it 
easy for clients to use by offering support, training and the right 
advice upfront. That includes saying if you don't have to update your 
site every week, you seriously have to consider if a CMS is a worth 
while investment, there are cheaper options available.

Cheers,
M
>
> My writing is not ment to abuse but to inspire so get out there and be 
> positive.
>
> Regards
> Frank Warwick
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> On 10/10/06, * Martin Bauer* <martin at designit.com.au 
> <mailto:martin at designit.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     The one word answer is ignorance.
>
>     A longer explanation would have go into detail into the "not
>     invented here" syndrome along with the insidious combination of
>     developer ego and laziness, ie. I can do better and I can't be
>     bothered documenting it.
>
>     The "different strokes for different folks" argument was valid
>     five years ago when there wasn't much in the market to choose
>     from, now anyone building or maintaining their own CMS will be
>     either investing a lot of money into a system that _may_ produce a
>     return on investment or is simply below par in comparison to what
>     the market now offers (both in commercial and open source solutions).
>
>     All boils down to a very big case of reinventing the wheel...
>
>     Martin
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>     Marius Coomans wrote:
>>     Why do Web developers prefer home grown Content Management Systems
>>     over commercial and open source CMS.
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>>     "Survey shows 36.75% use a homegrown system, 23.8% use an open source
>>     system, 10% use a commercial CMS" -
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>>     http://activeweb.com.au/weblog/archives/2006/10/why_do_they_1.html
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>>
>>     Marius Coomans
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