SB is fine for the back office applications it was designed for, the point is that if you move to a non U2 platform you have a lot of work to do just to get the bits that work fine now working on that platform. To me that makes no sense, much better to focus on developing the new stuff than spending a lot of time redoing existing stuff.
U2 has all sorts of ways of developing web orientated applications, that's the switch we have made with our application building on what we have rather than reinventing. George Land On 11/04/2011 17:31, "Ed Clark" <u...@edclark.net> wrote: > yes, if your application is tied to SB, then your platform options are > limited. But it sounds like a lot of developers want to move away from SB into > more mainstream web-oriented applications. You want to compare building web > applications on Cache vs U2 (and vs non-mv platforms as well, because you > probably have an investment in mv buisness logic that you don't want to > abandon). > > On Apr 9, 2011, at 5:16 PM, George Land wrote: > >> With any platform change you have to ask what you are getting and what you >> are losing compared with where you are. >> >> If you want to evolve the application then your only option is to stay with >> U2 because that is the only platform that SB will run on. OK, there was an >> attempt to emulate SB on Cache, last I saw it there was a long way to go and >> in reality you are going to spend a long time just getting to where you >> already are. I'm a great believer in the evolution of software, it is rare >> that throwing away what you have is the best way forwards, you spend a long >> time coding stuff that is perfectly OK as it is. >> >> So I'd ask what you feel you would gain moving anywhere, is there something >> that you feel you can't do on the platform you are on? >> >> George Land >> APT Solutions Ltd >> U2 UK Distributor >> >> >> >> >> On 10/04/2011 01:07, "Don Verhagen" <u2-us...@southeast-florida.com> wrote: >> >>> Group, >>> >>> I want to ask if anyone has had any experience with Cache and also has >>> experience with U2 and SQL. I have been out of the MV (U2) since then of >>> 2008, currently .NET (C#) and MSSQL. I have a large MV application written >>> in SB and Unidata that I would like to re-develop. >>> >>> The basic roundup: >>> Entity Files >>> - Employees (1M+ records) >>> - Customers (1M+ records) >>> >>> Transactons: >>> - Payroll/Timecard/Invocing related files (10M+ records each file). >>> >>> Binary Files: >>> - Photos, Documents (resumes, HR Forms) (2-3M records) >>> >>> >>> This will be a small/midsize enterprise application that will have both >>> desktop, web, and mobile modules. >>> >>> Areas of interest: >>> - Speed (I know this is difficult without hardware/etc). >>> - File / Program Architecture >>> - Development Language/Environment >>> - Change Management (SDLC) >>> - Deployment >>> >>> >>> I just looking for an over feel and professional opinions as compared to >>> other platforms. The biggest issues I have with SQL is the shear about of >>> tables and their inflexibility with max sizes and such. The toughest >>> question I hate to answer what is: The maximum size for column/field "Last >>> Name/Surname", Answer: How the hell do I know! >>> >>> Thank you in advance for any and all opinions related to Cache, online or >>> offline. >>> >>> P.S. I have been on this list for at least a decade, please don't hold that >>> against me. =) >>> >>> Don Verhagen >>> Emjack Group, LLC. >>> Email: u2-us...@southeast-florida.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> U2-Users mailing list >>> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
