Hello, I subscribe to this list in hopes that some experts here will take whatever time it takes to prove a certain whitepaper as false.
The whitepaper in question is. "Lasso vs. PHP" Lasso is a competing technology from Blueworld.com. The company has been known to remove from its list supporters of php. The general attitude is you are only allowed to know one language, no more, no less, or get booted from the list. I do not have the spare hardware to prove that this whitepaper is hugely false, and it will no doubt sway many macintosh users who were on the verge of using php to go spend 1200.00 on a inferior product based on this whitepaper. It will sway windows users alike as well. The email they posted on the whitepaper was subject of: [ANNOUNCE] BLUE WORLD ANNOUNCES LASSO VS PHP WHITE PAPER the copy of the email is below and includes a link to the pdf white paper. I do not know how they misconfigured php to perform sub-standard, but I am sure that is what they did. If anyone would be willing to comment this pdf, or provide a professional arguament against it, I would love to see it. I apologize if this is not appropriate, perhaps you can forward it to a list that is. Copy below... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 2002 BLUE WORLD ANNOUNCES LASSO VS PHP WHITE PAPER Report highlights differences in performance, ease-of-use, security, architecture, programming features and cost. Bellevue, WA--March 7, 2002--Blue World Communications, Inc.--pioneers of the Web Data Engine(tm)--today announced the publication of a comprehensive white paper report comparing Blue World Lasso Professional 5 to PHP 4.1.x. The 56 page report includes detailed coverage of key topics of interest to Web application developers in search of a high performance, robust, easy to use tool for building powerful data-driven Web applications. Authored by Lasso and PHP expert programmers Lee McNeil and Duncan Cameron, the report provides detailed side-by-side code comparisons, a feature comparison chart and performance benchmarks. "The Lasso vs PHP report shows how Lasso Professional 5 beats PHP," said Bill Doerrfeld, CEO of Blue World. "This white paper will further increase awareness as to the significant performance, ease-of-use, architecture, security and total cost of ownership benefits of using Lasso over competing offerings such as PHP." Fast, Easy, and Platform Agnostic Lasso outpaced PHP by over 200% in select benchmark tests comparing performance, specifically when executing class libraries. Lasso also beat PHP on all performance tests on Windows and virtually all tests on Macintosh. In all tests involving database access, Lasso proved the faster of the two. And, in cases where under light load PHP scored faster, as the load increased, Lasso consistently performed better than PHP. This is principally due to Lasso's distributed architecture and operation out-of-process from the Web server which positions Lasso Professional 5 as a true Web application server product designed for heavy load. Programming in Lasso vs PHP is also highlighted in the report with numerous side-by-side code comparisons where the amount of code required for Lasso is significantly less involved than that required by PHP in normal coding situations. Lasso's programming language is based on clear naming conventions which aids in getting started and maintaining projects as opposed to a fractured and loosely-defined language in PHP which causes confusion and slows the development process. Lasso operates identically across platforms whereas with PHP, significant functionality is lost migrating from one platform to another. This makes it very difficult to develop on one platform and deploy on another when using PHP. Lasso's platform-agnostic design makes it very easy to develop and deploy on the same or different platforms, easing the development and testing process for Web developers. Secure, Complete Administration, and Database Abstraction Lasso provides a industry-first built-in security system controlling all aspects of serving data-driven Web applications whereas PHP provides no built-in security controls. With PHP, developers need to build their own security system, which would require literally months of coding to match the depth of security features provided by default with Lasso. Lasso provides a complete Web browser based administration interface which controls all aspects of setup and administration. What's more, the administration interface facilitates the creation of MySQL databases right within a Web browser along with instant browsing and editing data within databases with no coding required. PHP provides no administration interface. Communicating with databases is consistent across multiple databases due to the intelligent database abstraction layer provided with Lasso. With PHP, special queries and routines need to be established for each type of data source. Lasso's database abstraction and connection information caching also contributes to better performance over PHP. Robust Architecture and Compiled Apps Lasso Professional 5 provides a robust distributed architecture which facilitates multi CPU configurations. PHP operates in-process within supported Web servers and is based on a process-pooled architecture which suffers under heavy loads. Lasso's multi-threaded single process architecture facilitates the creation of global server-wide application variables which is not possible via PHP. Lasso provides the ability to build and serve compiled, encrypted Web applications called LassoApps. This protects the developer's source code and provides an efficient method of serving Web applications. With PHP, developers must purchase commercial add-on products totalling over $3300 (USD) to receive comparable functionality. More Features and Less Costly Lasso includes a wealth of features not provided in PHP including the ability to automatically schedule events and numerous error handling controls. Lastly, while a basic installation of PHP can be downloaded and used for free, to match the set of features provided by default with Lasso Professional 5, a PHP setup would need to include additional third party commercial add-ons which bring the total comparable price to nearly three times the cost of Lasso Professional 5 Standard Edition and over ten times the cost of Lasso Professional 5 Developer Edition. This actual product cost combined with the overall productivity costs involved with time saved due to ease-of-use developing and administering Lasso-based solutions makes the total cost of ownership significantly lower (by thousands of dollars) when using Lasso than when using PHP. Availability The Lasso vs PHP white paper is available in PDF for Web download at <ftp://ftp.blueworld.com/reports/Lasso_vs_PHP.pdf>. About Blue World Blue World Communications (www.blueworld.com) delivers cross-platform software tools allowing Web developers and designers to quickly build and serve powerful data-driven Web sites. Blue World provides Lasso Professional 5, Lasso Web Data Engine, Lasso Studio and Blue World ListSearch service in fulfillment of its mission to bring business to the Internet(tm). ### (c) Blue World Communications, Inc. Lasso, Lasso Professional, Lasso Studio, Web Data Engine, ListSearch, Blue World Store, bring business to the Internet, and Blue World Communications are trademarks of Blue World Communications, Inc. 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