I''ve been talking with a friend of a friend about perhaps being "the techie" of her new social networking site. She has a business background so she has no language biases one way or another, although she has been involved in the business aspects of launching websites in the past, so she doesn''t have any experience with Rails. From what I''ve gleaned from her, she doesn''t want to do anything technically difficult or groundbreaking. Assuming that I want to persuade her to use Rails, what arguments should I use? OR, perhaps social networking websites are a "solved" problem, and the language used doesn''t really matter? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On 11/9/06, list junkie <listjunkie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Assuming that I want to > persuade her to use Rails, what arguments should I use?http://pastie.caboo.se/21494 You are now halfway there :) j/k of course. -- Greg Donald http://destiney.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
The same arguments you use for pushing Rails any time. 1.) It''s fast, coder-friendly and flexible. You can do your work faster, adjust to new requirements faster, and maintain the code effectively. 2.) She can boast on her site that she''s using that sexy new framework, Ruby on Rails. 3.) [Insert other benefits here] list junkie wrote:> I''ve been talking with a friend of a friend about perhaps being "the > techie" of her new social networking site. She has a business > background so she has no language biases one way or another, although > she has been involved in the business aspects of launching websites in > the past, so she doesn''t have any experience with Rails. > > >From what I''ve gleaned from her, she doesn''t want to do anything > technically difficult or groundbreaking. Assuming that I want to > persuade her to use Rails, what arguments should I use? OR, perhaps > social networking websites are a "solved" problem, and the language > used doesn''t really matter? > > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Coming from a business and not tech background, you need to make sure she can answer the following questions: 1) will your site DO something hard to replicate by competitors? 2) will your site TARGET a group of people not satisfied with competitors? 3) will the site launch with a formidable set of PARTNERSHIPS? If the answer to all is "no," then I wouldn''t expect the site to succeed. Proceed at your own risk. (I know this is non-technical but I''m trying to contribute what skills I have!) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---