Agree, thats why I just kinda dropped it at the end. The point is,
look at where the competition is going. More and more of a commodity,
monetizing through support and other means. And even if witango was
properly reported, we both know it wouldn't be anywhere near the the
app servers shown in that graph.
The zend model is a good example, they are the custodians of PHP, and
write the engine every open source of php is based upon. They make
money off of a support/subscription licensing model for the
enterprise. But if you are just a dev, you can get the zend platform
for free, host all over the place, and just buy the studio.
The internet has changed so much over the last decade, and we have to
change with it.
Something else that comes to mind. There is an argument, that witango
is so much easier to use, and faster, so it will bring developers.
Now, lets assume that witango has no bugs, and even a good debugger.
So its really apples to apples. I remember when studies clearly showed
the macintosh operating system was much easier to use than windows.
These studies were done like pepsi challenge kind of studies. Then, a
few years back, I remember reading, that this was no longer the case.
People found windows to be more intuitive and easier to use. After
digging into the study, the reasons were apparent.
Of course, MS Windows had come a long way, and so XP had become much
easier and more intuitive. But as you read on, that wasn't the reason.
The study found that users that had NO previous computer experience,
found the mac os to be more intuitive and easier to use by a
significant margin. However, there is a whole new generation of
people, bought up on windows operating system. They look at a screen
on a mac, and say, where the hell is the START menu?
My point is, that in the past, witango was seen as easy and intuitive.
Its uniqueness was a positive. But now, languages like .net and php
and java are the norm, and completely saturated, just like windows.
I have seen this from experience. I have clients, that are still on
witango, and they hire some guy to help them with web stuff. In the
old days, it was seen as intuitive and refreshing. Now, I get a
completely different response. Its foreign and strange.
That isn't said to knock witango, but the climate has changed. It
isn't even remotely the same. All these things need to be considered
when pricing/licensing. New devs MUST be enticed, compelled even, to
try out witango.
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Robert Garcia
President - BigHead Technology
VP Application Development - eventpix.com
13653 West Park Dr
Magalia, Ca 95954
ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040
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On Feb 11, 2008, at 3:40 PM, William M Conlon wrote:
good points, but this survey methodology is severely flawed.
Entering a .taf page into this survey returns:
It appears that https://obscured/dashboard.taf
is running Apache/2.0.54 (Fedora).
Bill
On Feb 11, 2008, at 3:27 PM, Robert Garcia wrote:
Without a GROWING, ACTIVE developer base, witango will not survive.
http://www.port80software.com/surveys/top1000appservers/
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