[thelist] ASP/open source/static/dynamic sites pro's and con's

Luther, Ron Ron.Luther at compaq.com
Mon Jan 14 14:29:23 CST 2002


Hi Tony,


I really think we need more information about their demands and
expectations in order to provide any decent 'advice' ... but what the
heck, I'll take a stab at it anyway.   ;-)

2. While I generally prefer 'dynamic' to 'static', I really think it's a
decision that should be based on what they are trying to do.  E.g. If
all the client wants out of their presence on the web is to put up a
list of contact numbers and the text of some local ordnances then I
really don't see any reason to subject them to a database back-end.
That would seem an unnecessary expense.

1.  Expedience. I've always kind of thought that when this was a
decision to be made, (I haven't had that luxury yet - what I see are
tons of "legacy" code that the new stuff has to integrate with.), the
overriding factors would be the degree of client/consultant experience
and expertise with one technology or another.  If, for instance, the
client had a really sharp SQL7 dba who was going to handle the database
upkeep then I think it would be kind of silly to try to force them into
a MySQL solution.  If the client has no expertise and the web consulting
team has a world-class ASP guru on site, why would they want to build
the site in Python?  Make sense?


My 2¢,

RonL.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Crockford [mailto:tonyc at boldfish.co.uk]

any thoughts on pros and cons of:

1. ASP vs. Open source solutions

2. Dynamic versus static sites





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