Joe Goldthwaite wrote: > I’ve been working for a startup for a month or so. The main guy is > enthusiastic about technology. He probably runs more applications on > his computer than anyone I know. He also switched from a Windows > background to a Mac notebook a year ago. He doesn’t know a lot about > web development or how it all works. That’s what I’ve been helping with. > > > > He’s interviewed a number of companies trying to find a good one to > develop version1 of the application. I’ve been pushing him towards > Linux/Python/Django and thought I had him convinced. The company he’s > thinking about going with is a .net shop. They say they can do anything > but the bulk of their developers are .net. Still, he was thinking about > going with this company but still having them develop in Django. > > > > This morning we had a conference call with one of the references the > development company provided. It turns out they’re a startup that’s > working on a different application in the same industry as us so there > was an affinity there. The guy mentioned that they originally started > with a different company using Ruby on Rails. He said that after the > other company got bogged down and wasn’t making progress, he switched to > the new company that we’re considering. He said that they got the > project back on track and organized but ended up running into lots of > problems with Rails. They talked it over and decided to rewrite > everything in .net. Now he’s happy with the progress and feels like > .net is a superior platform and is allowing him to develop his program > at a lower total cost. > > > > This has my boss worried. Most of the people he’s been talking to are > from large companies. One of them was even a high end Microsoft > person. I think he’s starting to think that the Microsoft technology > stack might be the safer choice. He wants to get to the point of having > millions of users and is worried that Django wont cut it. I’m also > worried that if he does stick with Django, the development company might > blame any setbacks on Django and push for a rewrite in .net.
I also work for a startup company and we are firmly entrenched in Linux, Django, Postgress, and other FOSS products. We could not afford to go any other route. When someone asks about FOSS vs proprietary, my first question is: "Would Google be here at all if it had to pay MS license fees?". And the answer is NO. If you are doing web based software-as-a-service, you can serve data to any OS out there from Linux, Mac, pocket calculators, anything. The data does not care, and the customer does not care how you got the data as long as it suits his needs. There's nothing magic about Windows, and .NET is a lock-in trap that guarantees you'll stay with Windows, regardless of what the Mono guys say. ...Ken -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
