By Dan MacKay (from inspiration by JohnSmith)
I wrote this up after hearing about it many times and occasionally participating in one of the three roles. I'm sure it happens five thousand times a day all over the planet.
Tiny Non Profit Organization: Hi would you build us a webpage?
Web Developer: Sure give me some text, and some photos, and $15,000.
TNPO: Wow that's a lot of money but we need a webpage, here you go.
(a month passes)
TNPO: Whoohoo we have a website! we're having a website launch party!!
(everyone celebrates)
(a year passes)
TNPO: Hi Web Developer, we have a new board of directors and the program for the next year and our funding strategy has changed, would you update the website please?
WD: [crickets]
TNPO: Uh hello , we really need this
[more crickets]
[finally they get WD's home number and call them at supper time]
WD: Uh yeah I have a full time job now, I don't do web sites any more. Bye.
[TNPO asks around and finds New Web Developer]
TNPO: Hi New Web Developer!! How much would it cost to do these three small updates to the website?
New Web Developer: Hi! Your website? Sure! Oh. Wait. That was created in WebSnark 1.8, no one uses that any more, it's impossible to update. Everyone's using FriskyCM now. I can create you a whole new website in FriskyCM 3.2 for only $15,000.
(repeat every 18 months.)