Warn them away? No. I think it really comes down to doing a realistic scaling test to estimate hardware resource usage and then using that to estimate fixed and variable costs over the life of the project. Wicket has costs, but I think people tend to underestimate the cost of creating and maintaining software.
I'd say to Ebay, Yahoo, etc: I think Wicket may be a great match for you, but you're about to spend millions on your project. Don't expect pat answers to an incredibly complex question from a mailing list. Do the test right (will definitely take some time and money to do that, but not months or millions) and figure out the math. If you've done a decent simulation, you should know what ballpark you're in. I think you should do this sort of test with any web framework if you're Ebay or Yahoo. Jon Upayavira-2 wrote: > > But, what if 'big' means Ebay, yahoo, etc? > > If they came to you saying they wanted to build major public facing > portions of their site in Wicket, would you warn them away? > > Upayavira > > Eelco Hillenius wrote: >> Also: when I think about 'big' projects, I think about projects that >> run for long time, have complex requirements and have a medium to >> large sized team working collaborating on it. For such projects Wicket >> is an excellent match due to reusability, separation of concerns, etc. >> >> Eelco >> >> On 3/13/07, Gwyn Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The problem is that without some idea of the context, 'big' doesn't >>> mean anything - Are we talking about something like Amazon, Google, >>> MSN or Yahoo, for instance? I doubt Wicket would be a good match for >>> that sort of "big", but for lesser values of "big", then it's probably >>> as suitable as any other Java web app framework. >>> >>> /Gwyn >>> >>> On 13/03/07, Iman Rahmatizadeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> huh ?! >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/13/07, Michael Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> No, only extra small, small, medium, and medium-to-big projects. 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