On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Rob B (uk) <robtot...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I work for a small digital agency (10-15 employees). We design and > build websites (using php and Django). Are we better off building our > own intranet using django or going for a pre built (free or paid for) > solution? > > Key features needed: > > - Project management (basecamp clone) > - Time reporting > - Local and external file sharing (dropbox clone)
I would suggest that this problem is one of the classic examples subject to Hofstader's Law [1] :-). Your engineering time is expensive. Even a paid subscription service to basecamp, et al will cost you less than a billable hour per month. Unless: * You want to get into the custom intranet business, and you need a working example to demo to clients and build up your engineering resources, or * You think you can build an full intranet in a couple of hours, or * You have some seriously custom intranet requirements I suspect you'll find that using a pre-built service will be much cheaper than a build-it-yourself solution. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter's_law Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
