Re: Why mandate a programming language for a site? Arrgghh!

2010-04-13 Thread Chris Stoner
> > What do do? Learn PHP or ASP...? If you have a choice I would recommend .net using ASP MVC which is fantastic. Now that there is a true alternative to WebForms the .Net web platform is a joy to work with. ~| Want to reac

Re: Why mandate a programming language for a site? Arrgghh!

2010-04-12 Thread Robert Munn
Could be that they don't know better, or it could be that they have in-house resources that would deal with long term maintenance and they have ASP/PHP skills, or it could be that there is a corporate-wide standard on languages, who knows. Sub it out to Maureen. :-) On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:

Re: Why mandate a programming language for a site? Arrgghh!

2010-04-12 Thread Maureen
Subcontract it out to me. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Vivec wrote: > > A sweet RFP just crossed my desk. > > And I read through it thinking this sounds GREAT! Something I can > do...a great Corporate site! > ... > Then I get to the end where they mention Requirements. > > And one of the req

Re: Why mandate a programming language for a site? Arrgghh!

2010-04-12 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Those are both free, and they may have had in house experience with them >previously, check to make sure though. Well, there are very good free CFML options now as well, and from my experience with the folks at Railo, you can get top-notch support if you need it as well. There are certainly pl

RE: Why mandate a programming language for a site? Arrgghh!

2010-04-12 Thread LRS Scout
Those are both free, and they may have had in house experience with them previously, check to make sure though. -Original Message- From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 8:33 PM To: cf-community Subject: Why mandate a programming language for a site

Re: Why mandate a programming language for a site? Arrgghh!

2010-04-12 Thread Medic
I'd double check that they are really tied to those two. Often the person creating the RFP only knows a few buzzwords. The could very well just mean and language that's not static html. Worth double checking. On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Vivec wrote: > > A sweet RFP just crossed my desk. >

Why mandate a programming language for a site? Arrgghh!

2010-04-12 Thread Vivec
A sweet RFP just crossed my desk. And I read through it thinking this sounds GREAT! Something I can do...a great Corporate site! ... Then I get to the end where theymention Requirements. And one of the requirements is that the site use either PHP or ASP. DWAMMITS What do do? ~