>From the positive side (not against VB+ASP+Access but for LAMP) you might find his >interesting: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7131
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 3:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Need help - arguments for "Why not VB+ASP+Access" > > > Hi, > > My gliding club is going to write their own software, after > years of being > dependent on an ancient Magic software that no-one could > update and did > a fraction of the requirements. > > A club member who knows MS stuff valunteered to write it in > VB+ASP+Access. > Their argument for Access is that we won't reach the 1Gb > limit in 20 years > (which I think is false) and that it will be a single web server > accessing the database > directly, so no much concurrency problems (which I'll try to > clarify in > a meeting > tommorow (Monday)). They also relay on the promise that it > will be easy > to move over > the MS-SQL if required later. > > I'd like to stir them away from doing what I believe to be a > mistake to > be dependend on > MS proprietary technology, but not being able to give the time to > program myself I > am a bit at loss as to how exactly can I convince them to see the > dangers in that road. > > Can people help me find arguments against this setup? > > Currently I have: > > 1. Windows/IIS/ASP are insecure. > 2. Not scalable in terms of size of database and number of users (but > then it's not > going to be a large number of users, only club members). > 3. Expensive (but they might be willing to invest this). > 4. Lots of "hand holding" for the server - crashes, bug > fixes, anti-virus. > 5. Lock-in in MS technology (but I suppose you can always export the > data, don't you?). > > What else can I say? And how to say it? > > I need this for Monday evening. > > Thanks, > > --Amos > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
