[consulting] Drupal site development but with restrictions

[Steve Hanson]

On 8/20/12 3:13 PM, Sam Cohen wrote:
>
>     Why are they doing it? Explain to them the consequences as they may
>     have no idea. Tell them: You know that if you do this, then I can't do
>     Feature X nor Y for you.
>
>     Fred
>

to some extent this may make sense from the University's point of view.  
Common elements on the site, consistent behaviors, etc.  And if they're 
getting Acquia to do some level of support for this, it can make a lot 
of sense.   Having to support long-term a set of web sites that have a 
lot of custom modules can be challenging, particularly when the time 
comes to do a Drupal upgrade.

Now -- of course, the question is - which modules, and what happens when 
you the point where there is NOT a module for that?  And of course, 
Universities often have other data sources that they want to draw into 
the web site, where there almost certainly will NOT be a module for that.


>
> I'm definitely letting them know the consequences.
>
> I'm mostly curious if this is a trend that others have seen, 
> particularly where Acquia is involved as the host. (I'm not clear on 
> whether Acquia has encouraged them to do this or they decided on their 
> own.)
>
> But it seems Drupal is growing enormously in the University market, 
> and Acquia in the hosting market, so I wanted to know if others have 
> run into this particular issue, which is basically a University taking 
> a Drupal Gardens approach to all the related sites.
>
> Sam
>
>
>
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