[consulting] Who exactly is this list for?

[Brian Vuyk]

/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 have to disagree with this statement.

Drupal is a very flexible CMS. We all know that. However, there are some 
projects for which Drupal is not the best solution. I think more damage 
is done by encouraging someone to use Drupal when it is not the best 
solution for a project than by referring them to another project. Making 
someone pound a square peg into a round hole is only likely to frustrate 
them, cast a poor light on Drupal.

Brian

Andrew R. Kelly wrote:
>
> 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 
> <mailto: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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