The problem is not that it cannot be done or that it is difficult. The problem is that resources (in this case, money) are being inappropriately allocated to other things. Most often in corporate environments, and I am given to understand that our local news media outlets are no exception, an exorbitant sum of money is spent on one piece of software that is advertised as your “One stop solution to all of your internet ills” and the fact ends up being that this advertising was smoke and mirrors. But the corporate dingle berries at the top simply cannot abide the idea that they might have made the wrong choice and don’t know as much about technology as the people they pay to implement it. The IT staff is often left trying to make this “enterprise solution” do things that it was never designed to do in the first place and are not paid enough to fix everything that is wrong with these package deals.

I am positive that that’s what has happened here, and if the community doesn’t speak out, how will we ever change it?

Another discouraging factor for me anyway (since I work in web media), is the lack of firm standards and diverse platforms that the mobile has.

Plus, it’s hard to sell… and when it comes down to it, it’s all about the money.