Hi A few points
1. 1 (?)Spam, 40 people filling my in box with complaints about it. We get very little Spam on this list, if you don't like it, bin it. 2. MySql users are diverse. We have php, perl, c++, Delphi, Access and VB mentioned regularly. So why shouldn't we be interested in another language. 3. I am a php programmer. php does gifs, but I use Fireworks for graphics because it is a better tool for producing day to day pics. If Lasso were twice as fast at producing sites as php then I can earn twice as much for the same working time. If it could then I want to know about it because I get paid per site, mostly, and I want to earn money to feed my family. The real crime, I think, was to suggest Lasso was better than php. We get very attached to our software tools , and very aggressive when somebody attacks them. In reality I doubt the advantages (if any) will justify the time taken to cross train for any experienced php programmer, particularly as there are software costs as well as time, but that shouldn't mean we have closed minds. >From my point of view, I can learn from anybody, and Lasso users will contribute knowledge to the group, which we should all welcome. So 'Welcome' Jim. A couple of points for Blue World 1. Don't send long notices - an intro and link is enough for anybody who might be interested. 2. Don't knock other peoples choice of language, productivity needs a good language, and somebody who enjoys using it. If Lasso is good then just say so. We wouldn't be using php (or vb or....) if it didn't meet our needs. 3. Your comparisons are irrelevant to most. I have a code bank which means I can build an ecommerce site in a few days. It would take me longer than that to get started with Lasso, so it is not more productive for me, though it might be for somebody else. 4. The majority of bread and butter sites are relatively small and get few hits, so the performance advantages are mostly irrelevant too. If you want your company to be respected, show respect for others. Peter ----------------------------------------------- Excellence in internet and open source software ----------------------------------------------- Sunmaia www.sunmaia.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. 0121-242-1473 ----------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Van Heule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 08 March 2002 13:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ANN] Blue World ... > > > Okay, I'm a Lasso person who has been lurking on this list for some > months now because I'm learning MySQL. I'm learning it because Blue World > was cool enough to adopt MySQL in their latest version of Lasso > Professional 5 (LP5). This is a great list and I'm learning a ton of > stuff here without ever needing to ask a question. It seems whenever I > have a question, it seems to have been covered in the past week or so and > I simply go through my old emails from the list to find the answer. > > Reading this thread, it seems clear that the PHP people on this list feel > that this list should only discuss things related to MySQL and PHP. I > thought this was a MySQL list, not PHP. There is going to be a lot more > Lasso people on this list as more and more of us switch to LP5. This list > better start adjusting to the idea or MySQL will start losing a whole new > group of MySQL converts. > > The really cool thing about all this is that MySQL is being adopted by > more and more complimenting technologies. That's a good thing for the > MySQL community. It's only natural that people are going to want > comparisons of competing technologies as long as they can continue to use > MySQL. Right? That's what I would want to see. > > sql, query > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lasso Summit 2002 - Europe April 15-16, 2002 in London, UK > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jim Van Heule The Data Web Center > VH Publications, Inc. www.DataWebCenter.com > www.VHPublications.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] direct: 616.844.0066 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
