Hi Stefan, I've used ColdFusion in the past, and had a close look at it recently again with MX.
I would say a safe bet is that a ColdFusion job would take 3 times longer to write than writing it in Witango. If the Witango code was already written, and depending on how you developed and integrated the server-side verses client-side code... at a bare minimum, it would still take 2 times as long to convert it to ColdFusion as it did to originally write it in Witango. Even when you factor in the apparently lower cost of the ColdFusion server license, your client will still save money going with Witango. My analysis is not very scientific, but simply based on experience. Hope this helps. Cheers... Scott Cadillac VP, Research and Development Plus International Corp. 403-281-6090 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.plusinternational.com Does your company have an Enterprise Information Portal? Check out Salsa at www.plusinternational.com/flash/salsa.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Gonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:40 PM Subject: Witango-Talk: Conversion to ColdFusion Estimate > > > Hi All, > > I have an interesting question for you all. I have a potential client for > a large project. We have been discussing the merits of using Witango > versus something less risky. I mean risky in the sense that Witango > may not survive as a product in the long run. Of course, I hope that > Witango lives forever. > > My client asked me the question of what it would cost to convert > my large Witango program to ColdFusion in the worst case scenario. > I have learned some ColdFusion, but I have never tried to convert > a large Witango program to CF. I was wondering if anyone has > much experience with that and could give a relative estimate of > how long that would take. In other words, something like: "in my > experience it would take approximately 50% of the original > development time to convert the program to CF." The answer should > assume that I have become proficient in CF. > > Thanks in advance, > Stefan > ======================================================== > Database WebWorks: Dynamic web sites through database integration > http://www.DatabaseWebWorks.com > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
