I don't know why any programmer would choose Broadvision. It seems like one of those way overpriced products that is usually sold to the exec's not IT departments. I dont have any real experience with Broadvision though, but this guy definately has an opinion. Perhaps you could shoot an email off to him for details.
http://www.peterme.com/bvsucks/ jon John Allred wrote: >I have a new job in the Operations division of a large corporation. >Prior to my arrival, my group developed thousands of static pages for >store managers and district managers using Dreamweaver. We are the >conduit for directions coming out of the corporate office, and the >corporation decided within the last year to personalize the content, >based on job description. The idea was to simplify very complex pages >(suffering extreme information overload) into channels, where people see >what they need to see, without the clutter. District Managers should be >able to view the pages their store managers and the stores' department >managers see. In Operations, we should be able to create content and >specify who sees it and for how long. > >The IT department was asked to come up with a solution over a year ago. >They waited till almost the last minute, and they're now telling us that >they've selected Broadvision. They also tell us that they can't >implement our designs (which we think are very effective, BTW). I know >nothing of Broadvision, so I don't know whether the problem lies with >Broadvision or their limited understanding of its capabilities. > >Having said all that, I know that with a small group of CF programmers, >it would be possible to do this project right, with all of the features >we're being told can't be done by the IT folks. > >Could any of you with Broadvision knowledge or experience offer some >insights on this situation? This is an intranet that handles above a >million hits a day. Is Broadvision the tool? Or is there good info out >there that I could use to influence management on my side of the fence? >Is Spectra a viable alternative to Broadvision? Sorry. I don't know >which specific Broadvision product they're using. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
