>Because Flash can work just fine with .Net and Java and they're not >mutually >exclusive. One is for interface and the others are back end, but that's not >presented at all in the article. The author does mention that they >considered ActiveX for the interface, but that's ActiveX not .Net or Java >either. I can't even tell from the article what the company chose for their >back end, but if I were an exec I would assume it was Flash.
The article actually explicitly says they used JRun as their back end. "Blue Iris uses Macromedia's Java-based application server, JRun, to connect the client to back end databases. While other application servers could be used, JRun is the best option. "It probably wouldn't be worth (using another server) for the amount of effort you'd have to put in," Nelson said. "Those other products don't offer anything more than we currently get from JRun." >Instead of writing an article that points out that developers could >leverage >the best of both worlds, the .Net or Java architecture they're already >familiar with and the advanced UI capabilities of Flash, he makes it out to >be a battle royale in which there can be only one. I didn't get that impression at all. He explicitly said they used JRun (see above snippet), so they do, in fact, leverage existing technology. As for why they didn't use .NET, the author said that they did not want to be tied to Internet Explorer, which I think is reasonable. Regards, Dave. _________________________________________________________________ Use custom emotions -- try MSN Messenger 6.0! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_emoticon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:137477 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
