[consulting] Who exactly is this list for?

[Andrew R. Kelly]

I would love to see this list essentially act as the consulting arm of
Drupal, Inc.  My background is in the services arm of a software vendor, and
that group does essentially what this list membership does - takes a
software product and tries to create solutions for it, sell it and implement
it, all for maximum profit.  Our little Drupal team has been successful in
creating solutions, contracting with large clients and maximizing revenue -
I'd love to be more participative if this group values that sort of dialog.

 

I have seen on this mailing list some comments that are honestly counter to
the goals above - for instance someone once posed a question of how to use
Drupal as a solution for some problem, and was told (I'm paraphrasing) "Try
xxx product instead".  In my mind, this group should never tell someone NOT
to use Drupal if it's a possible solution, because we're here together to
promote/extend Drupal and penetrate as many markets as we can.  Its Drupal
first on this list right?

 

I might be too business-centric though for active participation in this
group, which is why I tend to stand on the sidelines and watch (though last
week's train wreck was painful).

 

Andrew

 

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From: consulting-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:consulting-bounces at drupal.org]
On Behalf Of John Sechrest
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:17 AM
To: A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers
Subject: Re: [consulting] Who exactly is this list for?

 

As one of the people who pulled together this list, this list is for people
who spend time deploying drupal for others. Typically as a profession.

It is different than the developers list, because it is focused on how to
use the current tool to meet a client need, rather than how to change the
tool. 

For the most part the content of the list has been serving the needs of this
group of people.




On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:09 AM, George <g at 8vue.com> wrote:

I thought it may be about...consulting and employers (you know, "A list
for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers"). but it
seems to be a free support-cum-almost-everything-but list.

Has it always been like this, or just lately?
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