Re: [AOLSERVER] AOLServer+ACS+Java <= AOLServer+TCL?

[Mike Hoegeman]

Jerry Asher wrote:
>
> ArsDigita is moving away from AOLserver and Tcl, and moving towards Java
> technologies.  They are doing this as the customer demands.
>
> And AOL itself uses many technologies in their sites, and AOLserver is just
> one tool among many.
>
> It appears that if you are making a website, AOLserver/Tcl is a wonderful
> tool, but if you are selling website development, AOLserver/Tcl is a
> barrier.
>
> However, the OpenACS project intends to support AOLserver, Tcl, OpenACS
> 3.2.5 and OpenACS 4 and I gather the old ArsDigita ACS 3.4 release as long
> as the community thrives.  And frankly, the ACS community has never done so
> well as they have done since the foundation of the OpenACS project.
>
> So your questions might be:
>
> Do you need a "big company name" behind your technology?
> Will AOLserver/Tcl satisfy your other needs?  (For instance, while
> XML/SOAP/java access are possible in AOLserver/Tcl, it is certainly easier
> and maybe faster to implement in a different technology.)

i'm not even sure that's true for SOAP
tclSOAP looked like it was pretty easy to use..

-mike