Re: A "hidden" cost

From: Brad Jensen <brad_at_elstore.com>
Date: Thu 10 May 2001 14:40:37 -0500

BRANDI JASMINE <brandi_at_brandijasmine.com> WROTE:

> A major player .. I'll call them "VinnieSoft" ... is
> charging on average a HALF MILLION DOLLARS for
> *installation* alone. Then there are maintenance costs
> in the tens of thousands per annum. THEN, you find out
> that your content is locked into rigid templates that
> you can only change with the help of a programmer, and
> if your site is of small-medium size you may need as
> many as three ADDITIONAL staff members JUST to maintain
> the bloody thing! So not only does it not do the job it
> was designed for ("make managing content simpler") but
> instead of lowering costs and staffing requirements, it
> actually increases them.

We are a document management software company, and
we are looking at building a content management system.

There are lots of applications that cost half a
million dollars to install,and even the scenario you
mention can be a benefit, at a higher cost of managing
it, if the end result is better for the company - content
up to date, better navigation, happier customers, higher
sales, better impact of advertising because the customer
has a pathway to purchase.

that being said, we will be doing something in the 20 to
50 thousand dollar range, I think (because that is the
market we serve).

We'll also design it for non-programmers to run and
update, because that is what we do.

Just tell us what you want.

Brad Jensen



Received on Thu May 10 2001 - 14:40:37 CDT