When I read this I realized that I did not really answer your question, Stefan...
I agree with Scott that it would take 2 to 3 times as long to write in CF as in Witango. The point I was making before is that it is almost a complete re-write. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Cadillac > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:17 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Conversion to ColdFusion Estimate > > > 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 ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
