The way I've heard "manage-by-magazine" used has been as a somewhat derogatory term for someone who bases their technology activity and product choices primarily on ads, magazine reviews, and articles. That tends to result in being gung-ho about new and flashy products and technologies, often without a sound basis in real application and the business at hand.
HTH, Tore. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ActiveServerPages" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: RE: J2EE vs .NET > Could you explain the "Manage-by-magazine" thing? That sounds > interesting. > > Matthew Small > IT Supervisor > Showstopper National Dance Competitions > 3660 Old Kings Hwy > Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 > 843-357-1847 > http://www.showstopperonline.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: jcaffee [mailto:jcaffee@;erols.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:50 PM > To: ActiveServerPages > Subject: RE: J2EE vs .NET > > Sheesh guys...are you new to this game? > > Without exception, the customers I encounter are doing J2EE for > webservices and .NET for the "Application" and "Presentation" layers for > enterprise applications. > > These are companies that have HUGE investments in UNIX enterprise > servers (WebLogic, WebSphere, etc) and want some of the convenience that > .NET provides to data presentation, re-use of their OO developers (Good > thing...means they aren't running offshore for their dev needs) and easy > implementation of webservices. I am speaking in the billions of records > affected for a simple reporting query and in the multi-millions of > records for update/insert/create query operations. > > Customer perception, right or wrong, is...UNIX = clusterable, scalable, > reliable...Windows = not. Give .NET another six-months in production > with high-capacity, mission-critical enterprise apps (specifically in > finance and manufacturing), and then this benchmark will have value. > Otherwise, no matter how many esoteric, theoretical, optimal benchmarks > you provide, you will be shouting to deaf ears at the CIO, COT, and > Architect levels. > > There are no "KO" scenarios in tech any longer...us CTO/Architects just > don't do that any more...and even the MBMs (Manage-by-magazine) types > who hold the purse strings have backed way, way off from the "Must have" > technology pushes from four years ago...tech is a much different game > these days, don't look for rapid, revolutionary change, but easy, calm > evolution. > > Cheers, > > Jonathan C. Caffee > Caffee Consulting > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris [mailto:15seconds@;dracoassociates.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:56 AM > To: ActiveServerPages > Subject: RE: J2EE vs .NET > > > > Thanks Daniel, this is powerful stuff > <SNIP> > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
