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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 04/02/07 02:55
Ben wrote:
> This is not a troll post. I am doing research on my own too but could use
> your guys/gals help. As mentioned in prev thread our company is about to
> embark on building a large scale web based application. "Shimmy" provided
> some help already but need more. This app will be hit by thousands of
> users, large data sets and be fed by GPS handheld devices such as cell
> phones, which will also require apps we write running on them. The response
> time of current data to screen is paramount (which relies in largely on DB
> design I realize). The decision makers are leaning towards .NET and I feel
> they are making a mistake. Hoping not for MS bashing here but facts.
>
> - Why is/isn't .NET a better solution for large scale apps?
>
I don't know. Why is/isn't it?
> - Are the majority of current large scale web apps using .NET ?
>
Not in my experience. I've found very few .NET web apps. By far the
majority are running on Linux/Apache - which means NO .NET. APPS.
> - Are the majority of handheld devices and cell phones using MS based tools
> or not?
>
Who cares? The webserver sure doesn't. My servers don't even bother to
check if you're running Windows, Linux, Mac or even MVS/XE.
> - Examples of name brand companies using either and why you think they went
> that way.
>
None here. But even if I did I wouldn't be giving out private customer
information.
> - Reliability.
>
As reliable as the programmers' experience allows.
> - Development time.
>
As long as it takes - in any language/framework. No better answer with
the details you've been given.
> - Security, security, security which is more secure.
>
Depends on your programmers. Languages themselves are not
secure/insecure. Their implementation is.
> Any opinion must be backed by facts, examples, etc.
>
You won't find a lot of facts for free. Now if you want real hard facts,
expect to pay for them.
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> =B
>
>
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