[REBOL] Re: free REBOL?
From: mmastroianni:lepcorp at: 1-Aug-2003 17:25
Hi all,
On the topic of REBOL's (and by
extension RT's) success: how many
people in the REBOL community do
you think would pay significant
and reasonable dollars to get
training at a variety of levels,
i.e., basic, intermediate,
advanced?
I would use REBOL *far* more in
many projects if I had a structured
training course w/ access to a
talented instructor; many projects
in my company would be better
served using REBOL if we had more
time to explore it and increase
our proficiency. In fact, we did an
ad hoc search some months ago that
did identify some talented, professional
folks that employ REBOL productively,
and were willing to give us a 1/2
day training session -- so we flew two
of us there and it was very much worth the
effort and cost.
If you can show businesses the substantial
benefits that REBOL can deliver, and give
them the path to become productive in
a reasonable time for reasonable cost,
REBOL adoption will increase dramatically,
I believe.
It happens all the time -- all you have
to do is talk to people who pay $$ to
upgrade the skills of their technical
staffs and you'll hear the same tune
again and again -- frequent, effective training
enhances skill, enthusiasm, and innovation--and
helps guard against the "if all you have is a
hammer, every problem looks like a nail" syndrome.
(Of course plenty of training $$ are wasted
as well if one is not careful...)
Do you think folks would respond to a REBOL
training program, or even certification?
Mike
