What portions of FPSE (FrontPage Server Extensions) requires registration? I
have not run into that before.
So far my experience has been the oppsite. My job gets the MSDN Universal
Subscription so VS is free along with all the platforms. In terms of going
from ASP to ASP.NET, you have to change your thinking form the classical
"script and go" method, to one of creating classes, methods and properties.
That is the main trick I have found. Both are interesting to me (JSP and
.NET) but I find that in .NET there are certain things I can get done faster
(probably also cause my job has purchased the MSDN Universal :-) ). You
could also use #Develop, Eclipse (has a plugin for C#) or WebMatrix if you
need free IDE tools. And then there's Mono (http://www.go-mono-org/ ) for a
platform on *nix machines. It is not "final" but you can find out a lot
about the platfdorm there too.
But you know it just depends on the skills of the developers you have and
your immediate needs. If you need wide platform adoption and your developers
are comfortable with Java, then Java is the way to go. .NET is just not
there yet in the platform department. If you need to leverage a better
(IMHO) webService platform, or need to get the most out of Windows machines
quickly with people who had previous experience in VB, then .NET is better
for you. Just depends on you overall environment.
Here (my job) people are mostly VB developers with a little C/C++ knowledge
(the Perl guy left). I am probably one of the first well rounded programmers
they hired in years (I've done C/C++, VB, JavaScript, some Java, a little
Perl, and some batch programming). Pretty much sit me in front of a program,
tell me what you need and give me the tools to do it, and I can get it done.
So for them .NET was the better move cause a lot of what they knew of VB was
still there to an extent. Just some changes underneath and a much larger
library to work with.
So good luck to you Eduardo, while not exactly what you would like, it maybe
something you can learn from and incorporate into your toolset :-)
Richard Norman
P.S. - Please no flames, just answering the question honestly with my
opinion. I do like Java, but it did have some little things that I just
wondered why they did the way the did.
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Goehring, Chuck Mr., RCI - San Diego"
Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List"
To: "Tomcat Users List"
Subject: RE: Why should I use Tomcat vs .NET?
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:30:34 -0700
Eduardo,
A couple interesting points involves myself and my coworker. He has about
ten years of VB programming experience. None of his code can be migrated to
vb.net without major rewriting because there is no semblance of backward
compatibility. It wouldn't be practical for the customer to pay him to
convert the app to dot.net, so he's stuck in 1998. All the VB programmers
have been screwed by Microsoft this way.
With me, I've been doing Java and perl for about 6 years. Because of the
contracting environment I'm in, it looked like my work was going to dry up.
An opportunity came along for me within the company. They wanted to do ASP
2.0 web development because they had to meet a variety of government
requirements and ASP had been approved for use. Thinking I was going to have
to do that project, I checked into it. Firstly, the ASP code they were going
to write is totally incompatible with ASP.net, so it was going down a dead
path. To cover all the bases, I did some research into upgrading my copy of
Visual C++ 6.0 to Visual Studio.net. MS wanted $450 for the upgrade. That's
a lot for me to fork over to start over with a completely different system
that has limited uses. Fortunately, I didn't have to go that route, but it
came close.
Comparing that to continuing with Tomcat and Eclipse or NetBeans or JCreator
(free version), I can't see why anyone would choose to go the dot.net route.
MS has also done a powerplay on the folks that use Frontpage Extensions. The
Frontpage 200x now requires that you subscribe to a service from Microsoft
to enable important features of the product. It is a lot like extortion.
I like using the free products because I can dump any of them at any time
without feeling guilty about wasting the company's money. Once you spend
thousands to use a proprietary product, you may never be able to escape. I
still have to support an ancient Developer 2000 product that can't be
cost-effectively be migrated to a newer version and has all kinds of
compatibility issues when used with newer products.
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Eduardo Vazquez [mailto:Eduardo.Vazquez@(protected)]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 10:48 AM
To: 'Tomcat Users List'
Subject: RE: Why should i use Tomcat vs .NET?
Up front I do need to say that the support of this user group has
been more than outstanding. I was a sole person looking for help and I
received more than I could have expected, and for that thanks to all.
Eventually I have lost the war; my CTO has decided on a new technology on
his lonesome and has hinted that any effort expended moving forward won't
result in any reconsideration of his decision (so much for standards and not
putting all your eggs in one basket) Again, I've learned much from all those
who have replied to my request and hope that others have learnt a little
sumthin' along the way.
Much Thanks,
Eduardo
-----Original Message-----
From: epyonne [mailto:epyonneNOSPAM@(protected)]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:26 AM
To: Tomcat Users List
Subject: Re: Why should i use Tomcat vs .NET?
Simple decision. If your company is a pure "Microsoft shop", i.e. you use
Windows desktops, Windows servers, and SQL Server databases, then it is a
no-brainer, go with .NET.
On the other hand, if your company has a mixed environment like ours, i.e.
Windows and Linux OSs, UNIX Servers, Windows Servers, Oracle databases....
so on and so on. You may not want to use .NET. Microsoft claims that .NET
can port to UNIX, but there is still a long way to go IMHO. J2EE will be a
better choice for such diverse environment.
By the way, Tomcat is merely a web/servlet container and .NET is an
enterpirse architecture. You are comparing apple to orange.
Hope this helps.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eduardo Vazquez"
To:
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: Why should i use Tomcat vs .NET?
I work for a small company which is seriously considering the .NET route
moving into the future. My mission if I chose to accept is to sway popular
opinion towards Tomcat (Jakarta) for reasons I've yet to summarize because I
can't confidently regurgitate any (I'm new to Linux/Tomcat for the most
part). Is there anyone who has made this argument yet? Are there anyone have
a url with the comparison done already or a list of reasons why .NET isn't
optimal versus the other options or on the flip side of that; why tomcat
rocks? Any help would be appreciated; I'm not looking forward to becoming
even more reliant on one company.
Thanks in advance,
Eduardo
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