[thelist] Arguments for Open Source

> I'm about to interview for a job as webmaster where one of the first
> projects will be to put a class catalog [for a junior
> college] on line.

Hi

Have a look at GDIdb Pro - produces static web site content from any
ODBC database and can handle feedback from the site.

not sure if it's exactly right but might be additional input.

Good luck.

See:

http://www.gdidb.com

GDIdb is a Windows application that is run on a local PC.

The focus of the software is to provide a solution for the instance
where a business system can only connect to the Internet (and business
web server) via a dial-up or ISDN Internet connection. GDIdb includes
wizards to generate basic projects with no programming knowledge.

The core of GDIdb is a script language that combines a custom
(Perl-like) script syntax with ultra-high level script functions that
are specifically aimed at Internet/Database scripting tasks. A single
GDIdb script function is all that is needed for each of the following
tasks:

1/ Generate and iterate through a database recordset created from an SQL
query, merging database data with HTML.
2/ Send an e-mail, which may consist of text, database and
script-generated data via SMTP (GDIdb Pro only).
3/ Receive e-mails (via POP3) and make the e-mail data available for
further script processing or insertion into a database (GDIdb Pro only).
4/ Submit data to a web server CGI script or gather web document or
document status information via HTTP GET or POST (GDIdb Pro only).