Comments on: A vignette about Vignette's reinvention

The Texas software company was a big player in the dot-com boom. Now it's back with software for a new Web audience.

[boru_dog]

Vignette is a dog. Every company I know that has implemented has commented that it is too expensive, not flexible and cumbersome to use. Everything a content management shouldn't be.

[avfolk--2008]

Vignette is a dog -- with fleas and heartworm.
Know two local companies that spent tons of money implementing their 'solutions'. When that proved
daunting -- they hired Vignette consultants to assist them. After six months of sheer agony, they parted
ways and chose another, more flexible, and far less-costly solution.

Vignette also retains it's original dot-bomb attitude and pricing. Not a worthy solution unless you have
money to burn and are accountable to no one for mistakes. Good luck on the spin guys.

[Web258]

Vignette is indeed reinventing itself. The new products they are bringing to market are cool. They have steadily been solving the complexity issues that dogged them in the past.

[vladislav13]

I really do wonder whether the last person's post comes from someone that uses the system on a day to day basis? I am part of a team that uses it on a day to day. We have all seen the slick marketing presentations. Nonetheless, I remain very cautious, if not sceptical as to the worthiness of the new solutions. So much of it is standard and free with other providers it seems.

[vladislav13]

I really do wonder whether the last person's post comes from someone that uses the system on a day to day basis? I am part of a team that uses it on a day to day. We have all seen the slick marketing presentations. Nonetheless, I remain very cautious, if not sceptical as to the worthiness of the new solutions. So much of it is standard and free with other providers it seems.

[Jase415]

During the dot-com boom, lots of us were using Vignette systems on expensive, overpriced, multi-server hardware as if money were no object. Then those companies went bust, and up sprang new businesses that were leaner, smarter, and embracing free and low-cost solutions. Vignette chose to ignore the Linux movement (even as companies like Oracle and Sybase were making their databases work on Linux, and semi-free to boot) so we moved to other content management, personalization, and delivery systems. Vignette's loss. They might be a lot more relevant now if they hadn't been so short-sighted back then.