This is very much like trying to compare XCode to Visual Studio, or
MetaCard and RR. They are nowhere near being similar.
XCode and Visual Studio ARE similar. And MetaCard and RR are as close
as it gets! Back to the original comparison, Google Web Toolkit and
Morfik both provide frameworks to write AJAX apps in Java and export
to HTML/Javascript. They are competing products... it has even been
rumored that Google secretly stole Morfik's technology and will get
sued. How can you possibly say they are not similar? How much more
similar can you get when there is speculation that they are the same
technology?
Speculation that they might be even closer than we think:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/31/0353229
Google Web Toolkit is also free, no wonder the Morfik guys are
panicking. Either Google stole from them, or just stole the market
from them.
<SNIP>
As far as Morfik being a startup, and you aren't comfortable with
that, and you don't like the license, fine. I understand where you're
at. I just don't think your position is typical. Maybe I'm wrong.
It wouldn't be the first time.
</SNIP>
OK, fair enough. I certainly can't certify my normalcy, but I have
known many other startup owners and they tend to be risk adverse with
their platform choices. Maybe it's just my circle.
There's no guarantee that next year will yield 1.5. In fact, anyone
who's dealt with startup vendors over the years knows there is a good
chance that there won't be any new versions if they don't start
selling licenses ASAP. The fact that they are offering heavily
discounted licenses tells me that they aren't out of the woods yet.
So you'd be more comfortable if they didn't have an introductory
offer? I don't get this. Stores and restaurants that have just
opened offer big discounts to get you in the door. Automakers offer
big rebates to sell you the financing. Every service company on the
planet from Comcast to Time Warner to Verizon to Vonage to SunRocket
to NetFlix have introductory offers to get you to try their service
out. You think that's a bad thing?
I never said that an intro offer is a bad thing by itself. You are
twisting my words (which are quoted above). I was just saying that
it's another indicator that they aren't established yet - which
implies risk. It tells me they might not be producing enough revenue
yet to stay in business, which directly affects the chances of
version 1.5 not happening. Nothing is for sure, I'm just estimating
risk.
The fact that Morfik apparently outputs a custom .exe file with the
database and web server embedded sounds truly awful to me. So you're
saying I can only run this on Windows, it won't scale, it won't
conform to any normal Apache or Firebird documentation, I can't
upgrade the web server or database without rebuilding my app, and I
can't run this on 99% of the web hosts out there?
Three words: Flat. Out. False.
I quote, from their website:
"The output of the WebOS AppsBuilder - the WebOS application or XApp
- refers to the tight integration of an embedded Web Server, Database
Server, and the business logic of your application, all compiled into
a single executable."
Or are you arguing that web hosts DO typically allow you to run huge
custom EXEs with embedded databases and web servers?
Or that custom EXEs that merge web app, database, and web server in
one file are scalable and/or upgradeable?
What part do you object to and why?
Sorry you are bored with this thread - I find it interesting. You
seem to know something about Morfik, and so I'm happy to be corrected
if I don't have some of my facts straight.
- Brian
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