thank you for replying
to my post.
personally, i have developed in tango for couple
of years before the switch. and i don't really find the big difference in
development time. probably 1.5 to 2 times longer if we compare the two. often,
it brings down to how familiar you are with the language/tool you use. i
believe you develop your own tcf files for future use. likewise, i develop my
own objects in php so that it will take shorter time in
future development.
what really make witango a better product is the
ide. it's so damn good!
btw, writing session id in php ain't that tough
in php. but i must admit, php lacks the flexibility that witango is providing
when it comes to variable scopes.
as for macromedia, they have a field that
requests on what server application platform do you use when you signup(?).
asp, jsp, cfm, etc. are all listed in there. i believe this field is meant for
data collection. (wi)tango used to be listed in there.
as for cost, i believe they (with ent.) could
still get a big bite on selling services, supports, ide even if they give the
app. server for free. like you mentioned, mcdonalds food ain't that great. but
its cheap and popular. they provide good services too. a company
(pvsw?) that don't have good crm will dig its path towards
failure.
remember the good old syquest and iomega? the
former offers far superior products to iomega when it comes to external
storage. but what cost its downfall?
in fact, given a chance, i would jump back to
witango wagon. i still have passion in it. but when it comes to reality, i
wouldn't recommend it to anyone in my country. simply because every
company will have this question in mind. will it be vapourware in years to
come? or will it be staying and growing strong? try asking around and often i
get the response "huh? what's witango?". to many, witango is just another
proprietary language.
i apologise if this thread is taking away your
precious development time.
--lance
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 11:53
AM
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Witango Wide
Adoption? a little OT
Hello Lance,
Typically I don't reply that often to these
types of posts.
However, you can't compare PhP to WiTango. I
looked at PhP and even developed some apps with PhP.
Basically, what I can develop with WiTango will
take a PhP progammer 3 to 4 times longer. Plus, where do you go for support?
Plus, try writing an app in PhP that supports COM objects or Java beans! Oh
yeah, writing a session ID is a complete nightmare if you do it from
scratch. It's built in with WiTango.
Macromedia decided to go with Cold Fusion. So,
looking at good business sense, Macromedia won't advertise or support a
cometitive product. Plus, Witango is better, runs on more platforms, and is
cheaper.
As far as the cost goes, I firmly believe you
get what you pay for. Pay $2159.00 for the app server and develop an app in
a month, or use PhP and develop the app in 3 months. 2 months of development
is more than $2159.00.
As far as marketing goes, With Enterprises has
had to jump through alot of hurdles to get the product to where it is today.
Let's face it, Pervasive really left Tango out to dry! Tango had no home or
support for over a year. At least if Pervasive kept business as usual until
With Enterprises came along, it would have been much easier for With
Enterprises. I personally think the product should have been renamed to
"Lazarus", but that's just my opinion.
In a nut shell Lance, PhP is a good technology.
Hundreds of thousands of people use it! Just like millions of people eat at
Mc Donalds! It doesn't mean the food's the greatest, but it's cheap and
popular.
Personally, I like to eat at the Outback
Steakhouse! Better food and service!
Rick Sanders
Web Energy
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