Another thread pointed out that this runs on doze and Mac, I would venture to say a lot if not most, on this list are *nix people, so the have gotton bad press and have not targeted the correct userbase. Myself, if you spam me, I will not look at you products. spam kills!
John On Thursday 07 March 2002 15:34, Todd Williamsen wrote: > You think Blue World getting the point yet? Maybe they are thinking > twice about spamming mailing lists with their products? Maybe a better > target is Microsoft's .NET boards since both products are about the same > price > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hilgeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:00 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ANN] Blue World Announces Lasso vs PHP White Paper > > > Ah, the keywords "with commercial add-ons." Notice the plurality, as > well. I > wonder which add-ons and how many total add-ons were considered in > making > this cost estimate. I also wonder if most of us would even need more > than > one commercial add-on at most. > > - Jonathan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cathy Cunningham (Blue World Lasso Evangelist) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:37 PM > To: Chuck "PUP" Payne; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ANN] Blue World Announces Lasso vs PHP White Paper > > At 1:19 PM -0500 3/7/02, Chuck \"PUP\" Payne wrote: > >But who wants to pay. Get a clue that's why PHP, PERL, and other Open > > Source > > >Lang., are widely more used. > > If you do a true comparison in features, you'll see that a PHP-based > solution (with commercial add-ons) costs over three times the cost of > Lasso. > > Then there's also the (TCO) total cost of ownership where due to > productivity gains in using Lasso, developers end up saving lots of > time (e.g. money) compared with using other tools. > > Then there's also the fact that when you buy Lasso Professional 5, > you're also supporting MySQL AB as each copy purchased puts money in > their pockets. And, this is a good thing to ensure the future > vitality (and growth) of the MySQL market. It also gives you peace of > mind in knowing that you have a commercial license of MySQL, which > can help ease liability and other concerns that may otherwise be > present in certain organizations who may have concerns using just GPL > products. > > Then there's the issue of quality. With Lasso Professional 5, no > stone remains unturned with respect to ensuring Web developers have > the highest quality offering both in terms of features, > documentation, support materials and more. > > CC --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
