At 06:38 PM 10/16/2008 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account > > > > Yes, of course, but that's obvious....ASSUMING THEY BOTH WORK, STEPHEN, > > what's your answer then? >--------------------------------------------------------
Interesting.... >Questions to ask? > >1) Can I get it repaired by anyone except the dealer? For .Net stuff - "No" only MS can fix their crap. In fact, .Net changes often "break" (or ... ah-hem.... "deprecate") previous code. >2) Is the code usable for a web site if I did a win app on round 1? Hmm... Nonsense question. Or, if you want to be fair, is the code usable on IIS if I created a "Non-windows" app on round 1 (sorry dude, windows programming is rapidly losing ground). >3) Can you host the Web sites anywhere or just your private server? From what I've seen, for Open source (and Java in general) you can host them anywhere. And at a much cheaper price than .Net solutions for sure. Of course, this particular product has licensing fees just like MS requires so..... And clearly you can't really host the .Net sites anywhere. >4) Is there a test harness within the system to test potential changes >or can I add one myself? Of course the answer is yes. Not sure why you think MS has anything better. >5) Have Sun updates cause the system to go stupid in the past? For MS .Net the answer is a resounding "YES!" MS Updates almost always cause things to go wrong somewhere. From what I've seen on the "Linux" side, no, most "OS" updates do not cause "application" stuff to go stupid. >6) How easy is it to move this system to a new server? For .Net, it's a royal pain (at least according to the .Net-heads I've talked to at a client site - and I've seen problems at other client sites as well). But maybe it could be simplified by using Norton Ghost or something like that (hmmm - I think that violates the MS license agreement). Interesting that you'd point out all the weaknesses of .Net so readily. Are you starting to see the light? -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
