On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 09:43, David A. Sinck wrote:
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> \_ SMTP quoth Joseph Gledhill on 3/4/2002 09:12 as having spake thusly:
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> \_ I need some legitimate reasons not to go with .NET as a development
> \_ platform.  Any comments would be appreciated.
> 
> My guess is that you'll need to express this in terms a manager can
> understand: the bottom line.
> 
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don't forget that Microsoft software products are now the environment in
which you keep paying - annualized licensing - no longer a one time
purchase - not transferable, etc.

I have a customer that wanted me to fix his web site - developed by a
'lowball' quote using FrontPage and he went with it despite my protests.
When the developer of the site flushed out, my customer needed a bunch
of changes. Naturally, the site wasn't workable with Adobe GoLive - at
least not without a lot of extra work - so my option was to purchase
FrontPage or walk. He offered to buy FrontPage for me - I didn't want
it. Once they get you - they get you. BTW - the site has never worked
well for Netscape users or linux users and Macintosh IE users can't see
all of the menus. In other words - be prepared to develop something that
is hostable only on IIS, accessible only with IE 5.5+ on Windows and
isn't likely to be portable to other configurations.

Craig