Thanks everybody for the feedback. I am working on some presentation material based on the feedback.
Phil On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Bahman Movaqar <bah...@bahmanm.com> wrote: > On 08/23/2013 13:02, p...@highoctane.be wrote: > > Hello, > > > > As part of the defense of a budget and technology choices, what would > > you guys list as a key advantage of using Pharo for creating software > > solutions? > > > > My current stack is: > > > > Pharo 2.0 > > Seaside 3 (including Seaside-REST) > > Magritte 3 > > Twitter Bootstrap > > > > + a couple of data storage stuff (DBXTalk, Phriak, Voyage) > > + STOMP > > > > + Amber if needed > > > > I've been test driving the whole stack for a while and even if there > > are some quirks, it looks like good enough for what I want to achieve. > > > > Now, my question: what is the Pharo advantage you would put forward vs > > other choices (like LAMP, Java, Rails etc). > > > > I am aware of what those could be but I am more looking for what makes > > you tick when using the technology (like: "it is fun to work with", > > "no more Java for me, due to ...", "speeds dev time by ...", "not > > NSA-backdoor-enabled") > > > > This is the kind of thing we should have in stock for helping the > > Consortium members get buy in from people giving a yes on budgets. > > > > Thanks in advance for your help! (BTW, I am going to use this on > > monday morning for defending our position on a significant project). > > > > > That's basically what I've been doing in the past 5-6 years ago: > evaluating different platforms, technology combos, libraries, and many a > times I do that for a living --so believe me, I'm good at it :-) > I wrote something about Pharo a few months ago which might help you: > http://www.bahmanm.com/blogs/a-new-platform-for-business-app-development > > -- > Bahman Movaqar (http://BahmanM.com) > > ERP Evaluation, Implementation & Deployment Consultant > PGP Key ID: 0x6AB5BD68 (keyserver2.pgp.com) > > >
