Why "Enterprise Tools" Are Bad for the Enterprise

In the Ruby community, we have a tendency to sneer at things that are too "enterprisey." That tendency has been explained in some uncharitable ways, but mostly by claiming that we "just don't understand the enterprise." But I think there's a different explanation. At Relevance, we've been doing some work with a large, enterprisey customer (Verizon Business). We've worked together to try to understand what enterprises can learn from smaller, more agile companies like Relevance. That work has led us to understand some of the real disadvantages of the kinds of big, pricey tools you usually find in large enterprises,and we've learned why lightweight tools like Ruby are good fits not just for small, agile teams, but for large enterprises as well.

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