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I can. It's really simple too. All you need to do is use a software package like wordpress and not employ any actual developers. CMS packages nowadays allow e

I can. It's really simple too. All you need to do is use a software package like wordpress and not employ any actual developers. CMS packages nowadays allow even large operations to run entirely on point-and-click configuration; but the kind of special case they're being asked for here would very likely require a programmer to actually write code. Note how the quoted person says "content-management software experts" and "configuration", not "developers" and "feature". Welcome to software in the new millenium.

chris_wot 11y ago
Well, that's fine but with any decision comes downsides. If you marry your critical business operations to inflexible software, or you refuse to employ even one developer (or maintain a contract with an external company) then you may find that down the track you cannot make important changes to your business. Case in point: the situation detailed in this article. My sympathy is essentially at zero level here. In this situation their privacy policy, a legal contract, guarantees they won't reveal the names of contributors even if the privacy policy changes. There is no excuse whatsoever to violate such a legal document. If they find their software cannot handle what they want to do without violating this legal contract, what this means is they cannot take the action that will violate it. Should the MT Standard take actions to wilfully violate their privacy agreement, then they open themselves to lawsuits. In some cases I wonder if a court might grant an injunction forbidding them from implementing their new policy?
georgemcbay 11y ago
That's a very weak definition of "impossible". Even in the situation you describe you just hire a developer for a couple of hours to fix the issue. Yes, doing this will cost you money, but it will be much, much cheaper than dealing with the inevitable shitstorm that is going to follow if they go through with this change.

chris_wot 11y ago

Well, that's fine but with any decision comes downsides. If you marry your critical business operations to inflexible software, or you refuse to employ even one developer (or maintain a contract with an external company) then you may find that down the track you cannot make important changes to your business. Case in point: the situation detailed in this article. My sympathy is essentially at zero level here. In this situation their privacy policy, a legal contract, guarantees they won't reveal the names of contributors even if the privacy policy changes. There is no excuse whatsoever to violate such a legal document. If they find their software cannot handle what they want to do without violating this legal contract, what this means is they cannot take the action that will violate it. Should the MT Standard take actions to wilfully violate their privacy agreement, then they open themselves to lawsuits. In some cases I wonder if a court might grant an injunction forbidding them from implementing their new policy?

georgemcbay 11y ago

That's a very weak definition of "impossible". Even in the situation you describe you just hire a developer for a couple of hours to fix the issue. Yes, doing this will cost you money, but it will be much, much cheaper than dealing with the inevitable shitstorm that is going to follow if they go through with this change.