Hmm Isn't price one of the the factors in doing a comparision? No matter what project size it is, cost plays a major role. If I can save a client $3000 by using PHP versus using Lasso, I would. It doesn't seem Lasso has a $3000(or more) advantage over PHP/mySQL combo.
The thing is that people using PHP know PHP, and that means learning Lasso isn't cost effective now. They would need to train for it and learn the product, and buy it. Maybe if you gave use mysql list users a NFR copy of Lasso, maybe we would consider it and try it out and give our unbias opinion. Another thing is some of us rely on outsourcing our web servers and our hosting providers probably won't let us install and server products on their machines. Is there a workaround for this? I would curious to try out Lasso, but I am not going to drop $1200 into something when PHP is free and is currently more than capable of handling my tasks so far -----Original Message----- From: Cathy Cunningham (Blue World Lasso Evangelist) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ANN] Blue World Announces Lasso vs PHP White Paper At 1:47 PM -0700 3/7/02, Van wrote: >> 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. > >I try to stay out of such discussions, but your marketing-oriented spiel >inspired me to point out that most of us in here are developers interested in >technical-type things, not PHB'S cost and ease of use-type things. > >A shell and an editor probably meet most our needs. > >Announce your product(s), if you must, but move on and leave the bandwidth >available for MySQL implementation discussions if you don't mind. I agree that the principal consideration shouldn't be cost. Some of your colleagues simply stated that they won't even look at the paper because they think everything with PHP is free. All that was announced here was a report comparing Lasso to PHP. Details on what is contained in the report are contained therein. And yes, if someone is going to cast the report off due to their own personal prejudice and make inaccurate remarks here, we feel it only fair to be given the opportunity to correct said misinformation. All the technical details are in the report, and all discussion of costs aside, we'd be delighted to talk tech and get into the nitty gritty of the feature and performance comparisons. Cheers! CC -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathy Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lasso Evangelist Blue World Communications, Inc. http://www.blueworld.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lasso Studio is "the easiest way to create a database-driven Web site" - Macworld Magazine --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
