A well designed CGI is better than a poorly designed CF app. You can do a google search for CGI inefficiencies. I would suggest you scrap the Sun box and put it on Linux for the cost of the hardware. Is Informix optional, is there 4GL code invovled?
On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Will Ryan wrote: > Hi Again, > > Well I don't want to name the vendor, they have a good product, it works > and is being used. I'm just concerned that using CGI rather then CF or even > ASP for that matter is a step in the wrong direction. I'm even more > concerned about using a text file vs. a modern database. I just need to > explain to management the pros/cons of CGI Vs CF. > > Thanks! > Will > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:45 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CGI & Sun Vs. CF & NT HELP!!!! > > > We don't know what this new app is. How about a link so we can evaluate it > ourselves. You have only given your biased view of this new app and no > details whatsoever. Anyone responding to your post is uninformed. > > > On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Will Ryan wrote: > > > Here's the skinny > > > > I'm being told that my company wants to replace our current CF system with > a > > "off the shelf" system. The off the shelf system meets our needs but it > > written in CGI & runs on a Sun box. (Our current system blows, but we're > > rebuilding it internally) The new system works with an Informix DB, that > is > > nothing more than flat files on the Solaris system. We currently are > > running CF 4.5.2 and SQL Server 7. The off the shelf system doesn't use > an > > object oriented programming techniques of any kind, as stated so in a > > meeting with their lead developer. I voiced my fears of limiting our > > options, by my opinion stepping back in time to CGI. Can any one help me > in > > "Manager Speak" convince them that even though the new app works, that any > > future development would be faster or better with CF. > > > > Thanks > > Will > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
