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Old 05-18-2008, 05:53 PM  
Sly
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2) Absolutely true if you hand a codebase to another programmer odds are they'll hate it. I'm just finishing up re-writing a CMS for a guy because some czech idiot did things insanely poorly and the script was using triple the resources that it should have. BUT if you go with a REAL programmer they'll still be around in a couple years when you're ready for upgrades. From what I've read about Brandon he's building up a solid rep.
I think longevity is really an issue, both for custom and out-of-the-box. So many people come and go, it's hard to really know who you can "trust". Even the larger "companies". I think knowing that an actual staff and office is sitting behind a particular product is a little bit of a relief to the customer, knowing that this particular company needs to stay in business to feed many families. While a one-man shop... who knows... maybe next week he will get a good job offer or just decide he no longer wants to work with clients. I've seen it happen... I think we all have.
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