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Could you explain it further?

• edw519 18y ago
  Sure. This is the exact same strategy that got the PC into the enterprise. At first, IT departments wanted nothing to do with them and considered them "toys". If you needed anything, they insisted you go through them (and wait). With the invention of the IBM PC and Visicalc, accounting departments bypassed IT and bought their own PCs using their own budgets. Fortunately, the cost was low enough to be under the radar. Several years later, IT had no choice but to accomdate PCs and real user needs into their plans. History is repeating with web apps. There's nothing to stop you from finding a user or entire department that needs an app and isn't getting what they need from their own IT department. Just sell directly to the end user. They have plenty of desire and budget to bypass IT once again.
  • bestes 18y ago
    This is exactly how PDAs got into the Enterprise. RIM took a direct approach with BlackBerry, but they are the exception. It's happening again with iPhone. Consumers buy these things and bring them into work. Then, IT tries to get them under control once they fail to prevent them from getting adopted. These products are all useful to regular people as well, so this variant (Consumer->Enterprise, vs Individual Department->Enterprise) is only interesting if you're building something that is interesting to both Consumers and Enterprise (or Consumer->Individual Department->Enterprise).