Re: why use webspeed?

From: David K. James

Date: 9 Jan 2003

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc LaFleur" 
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 16:31
Subject: RE: why use webspeed?


> Well, isn't this fun? Can we have some OS flame wars next?


It might be a nice change of pace on  :-)


> Sadly, I partially agree with Ryan. But only in the context of it
> depending on what your existing systems look like. If you are a long
> time Progress user, WebSpeed is a no brainier. If you are not knee-deep
> in Progress, it might not be.
> 
> I would stay far away from standard ASP however. It has all of the
> problems of WebSpeed (speedscript lost in HTML hell) and none of the
> benefits (4GL language simplicity). Speed wise, they are about the same
> when reading from a database. When writing, WebSpeed seems to have a
> small edge.
> 
> ASP.NET however is another story. It is vastly improved and borders on
> being as fleshed-out as desktop application development (code
> separation, compiled/interpreted, sold IDE). If you are looking for a
> non-WebSpeed solution, it is a worth contender.
> 
> Just my opinion, take it for what you will.
> 
> Marc

I'm glad to see Microsoft's products getting better. I've been pleased 
with XP Pro (although it did something really strange with the 
presentation attributes of one of my folders recently), and I'm happy 
that .NET is encouraging more development.

For enterprise computing, I prefer Unix over Microsoft by a wide 
margin.

At least Progress is getting a tiny bit of mention in the industry 
media -- someday it may be "Progress - hmmm" instead of "Progress 
who?"

Regards,
David K. James ae0b643c-b939-8280-de11-7003776e74df / http://home.earthlink.net/~david.james/index.html)
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