From: Eric Anderson <eric@...>
Date: 2005-03-23T01:19:51+09:00
Subject: Re: Support for 10x Productivity Increase with Rails!

klaus wrote:
> So how are you going to survive in web-consulting business if you
> charge your customer for 5 days instead of 4 months?

Easy, you sell more stuff. :)

Rails may not provide an order of magnitude productivity increase but I 
know it does provide a productivity increase.

Before rails:

I can give you features X, Y and Z for Q dollars

After rails:

I can give you [A-Z] features for Q dollars.

You spend the same amount of time and make the same amount of money but 
you give them a *much* better product. So when that customer has another 
project who do you think they will come to? The guy still offering just 
X, Y and Z or the guy offering [A-Z]? It more about increasing the value 
to the customer. Increasing customer value gives you a competitive 
advantage which will lead to continual work. That is where Rails will 
help make a web-consulting business successful.

Eric