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2010/11/29 Lorin Rivers <lriv...@mosasaur.com>: > The good news is that the guy who hired ME picked web2py in the first place… > > On Nov 29, 2010, at 13:51 , mdipierro wrote: > >> Some political considerations (which may be wrong and off topic and >> improper)... >> >> Here is a problem with external consultants. They make more per hours >> than the average employees. They get hired because of their specific >> expertise to tell you what the boss wants to say but he prefers >> somebody else to say (so he does not take the responsibility for >> saying it). >> >> You cannot win this argument on technical merits. I would dismiss this >> argument and point to Google as a scalability example and it is not >> written in .net. I would address the real concern... you push web2py >> therefore you are a single point of failure. If you leave who takes >> care of this software? Not a problem with .net, they can always hire a >> consultant. >> >> I would stress that using web2py is good for rapid prototyping and it >> will allow the company to have a test product much sooner than >> with .net and at much lower cost. Once the prototype is built you will >> be in a better situation to assess whether web2py or .net is the best >> tool for the job. If you start developing in .net you will have higher >> startup costs and limited flexibility to change the specs. web2py code >> is much more compact and readable than .net code and it will be easier >> to train other people to work with it and learn how it works than >> with .net. Tell them experts4solutions.com can sell them long term >> support contracts and code review. >> >> The scalability bottle neck is the database. Offer something to the >> consultant. .net uses mssql. If he claims mssql scales well for your >> case, web2py will use mssql. >> >> If mssql does not scale well with web2py you have other options and do >> not need to rewrite code. >> >> You can always reuse most of the design (html, js, css, images). >> >> Management costs. I am sure you can make the case it costs less to run >> linux vps than windows ones (although I have no experience with the >> latter). >> >> Massimo > > -- > Lorin Rivers > Mosasaur: Killer Technical Marketing <http://www.mosasaur.com> > <mailto:lriv...@mosasaur.com> > 512/203.3198 (m) > > >
