Comments on: BCS Open Source Presentation http://jonontech.com/2010/01/07/bcs-open-source-presentation/ Just a nerd trying to save the publishing industry. Again. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Rory Bernard http://jonontech.com/2010/01/07/bcs-open-source-presentation/#comment-5845 Rory Bernard Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:57:12 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=1434#comment-5845 Put it this way :- A great implementation partner using a rubbish system will get you a decent site A great system with a useless implementation partner will get a big bill, no site and a search for someone to fix it. Of course a great implementation partner would never get themselves into a situation where they have to use a rubbish system and therefore it's hypothetical. Rory Put it this way :-

A great implementation partner using a rubbish system will get you a decent site

A great system with a useless implementation partner will get a big bill, no site and a search for someone to fix it.

Of course a great implementation partner would never get themselves into a situation where they have to use a rubbish system and therefore it’s hypothetical.

Rory

]]> By: Justin Cormack http://jonontech.com/2010/01/07/bcs-open-source-presentation/#comment-5844 Justin Cormack Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:16:10 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=1434#comment-5844 Rory and Janus, I think that is a great theme to explore more. There are a lot of aspects - a lot of experience tends to be required to implement a CMS well. The software does affect the cost and quality of the implementation too though; but that may not be related to whether it is open source, more the architectural decisions. Code quality of the system matters a lot though, as bugs increase implementation cost and time, and open source may be less buggy than closed source software. And of course implementation quality may depend on the client and their relationship with the implementation company. Lots to explore... Rory and Janus, I think that is a great theme to explore more.

There are a lot of aspects – a lot of experience tends to be required to implement a CMS well. The software does affect the cost and quality of the implementation too though; but that may not be related to whether it is open source, more the architectural decisions. Code quality of the system matters a lot though, as bugs increase implementation cost and time, and open source may be less buggy than closed source software. And of course implementation quality may depend on the client and their relationship with the implementation company.

Lots to explore…

]]> By: Justin Cormack http://jonontech.com/2010/01/07/bcs-open-source-presentation/#comment-5843 Justin Cormack Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:07:09 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=1434#comment-5843 As I mentioned last night, the video to Subterranean Homesick Blues was filmed (for the documentary Dont Look Back) in the alley behind the Savoy Hotel, just 100 yards from the BCS. I thought this was a rather good intentional historical reference... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterranean_Homesick_Blues" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on the album</a>. As I mentioned last night, the video to Subterranean Homesick Blues was filmed (for the documentary Dont Look Back) in the alley behind the Savoy Hotel, just 100 yards from the BCS.

I thought this was a rather good intentional historical reference…

Wikipedia article on the album.

]]> By: Janus Boye http://jonontech.com/2010/01/07/bcs-open-source-presentation/#comment-5819 Janus Boye Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:55:20 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=1434#comment-5819 It certainly seems software is much more sexy than anything implementation related It certainly seems software is much more sexy than anything implementation related

]]> By: Rory http://jonontech.com/2010/01/07/bcs-open-source-presentation/#comment-5815 Rory Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:18:52 +0000 http://jonontech.com/?p=1434#comment-5815 Like the BCC example and the guardian article - good reporting. Why do so few people concentrate on the implementation cost and the relationship with the implementation partner rather than the software? Like the BCC example and the guardian article – good reporting.

Why do so few people concentrate on the implementation cost and the relationship with the implementation partner rather than the software?

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