Let's not forget that it is possible to convert Tango code to JSP - that might be a good assurance for your client that whatever happens with Witango as a company the app can be deployed on a very-much-alive platform.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:28 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Conversion to ColdFusion Estimate > > > 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 > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
