I would definately take a look at this e-mail about the eWeek article and
the eWeek article. You might want to anonymously slip the article on his
desk too.
A recent issue of E-Week (Oct. 30 2000 Vol. 17 #44) did a comparison of 4
programming languages for the purpose of creating dynamic sites.
They tested .cfm, .asp, .jsp and .php applications on similar systems.
The jist of the articles is as follows:
Speed:
CFM - 29 pages/second
JSP - 13 pages/second
ASP - 43 pages/second
PHP - 47 pages/second
Grading API, Back-End Connectivity, Cost (Developer Time), Cost (Price),
Installation, Performance, Portability and Tools:
CFM - 3 A's, 5 B's
JSP - 3 A's, 4 C's, 1 D
ASP - 2 A's, 4 B's, 1 C, 1 D
PHP - 2 A's, 2 B's, 3 C's, 1 D
Although the 4 1/2 page reports/articles did well in showing strengths and
weaknesses of each item, the overall winner for most productive choice was
(no surprise) CFM.
Here is a link to PART of the articles.
http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2646051,00.html
The grading is shown here:
http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2646423,00.html
Be sure to look at the other links listed under "In this report". I found it
pretty interesting and informative.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Shepard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 10:14 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Another debate
The new boss has arrived in my department and of course he wants everyone to
switch from the awesome and all mighty cold fusion to .... PHP. We do need
some other strengths in our department for those clients who don't want us
to host their application or don't have cf on their server, but, he wants a
complete switch. Here is a glimpse into his last email:
"It could be argued that both technologies have their strengths and
weaknesses. However, in the corporate IT department, CF is usually not an
option due to cost and security problems. I realize that changing
perceptions and old habits are sometimes difficult, but necessary.
Especially in our industry (high-tech).
The need to deliberate the issue further is a mute point."
Does anyone have any opinions on his security problems comment? It seems
that alliare is pretty good about getting patches up - or we have just been
lucky and not had any problems. And, would you agree that in the corporate
IT department cf is "usually" not an option?
Thanks in advance for any input.
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