> Well, they're probably worried about the staying power of > these newfangled technologies. CGI is understood by (say) (even lazy) (*nix) admins, while the whole concept of a Java servlet engine is a bit overwhelming at first.
I think the keyword is overwhelming "at first", but definitely not impossible to learn. Also I should mention that I told the hospital that I would remain on the project along with the team already chosen for maintenance. This team includes members that I know for a fact are capable of maintaining other technologies. > If you know C and/or Perl (I assume you would choose one of these to write your CGI app) PHP is not hard to pick up. Also, you can write PHP and run it as CGI (some features may not > be as convenient that way, though). So perhaps a strategy would be, start with PHP/CGI, and then once they see results, point out that mod_php is faster and simplifies your scripts, > and everyone's doing it. It may not be the best long-term solution, but it's one you can "see from here". Honestly, I don't. I toyed with CGI scripts (Perl) for a fake website I made for a course a year ago, and that is the extent of my experience with it. While I don't doubt that I can learn it enough, if not more, to complete the project, it is definitely not my preference. And judging by the responses I've received so far it is not the way to go. More importantly, they are not 'validating' their choice of CGI, they are just opting for the quickest and easiest solution. And the only reason why they suggested it in the first place is because one member mentioned already having some working examples of forms using CGI, but this member is working on the DB... not the site. Honestly if they could defend their decision as well as the list defends NOT using CGI, then there would be cause for discussion. If this project wasn't a great opportunity for me, I wouldn't otherwise want to be involved with this team. So I stick to my original plan of being 'anti-CGI' and will explore the number of solutions that the list has provided and present them with all the "evidence" and hopefully open their eyes :) Thanks for the input though! Denise --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
