From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 14:15:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34CC16A4E5 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:15:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hakmi@rogers.com) Received: from smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D2F643E23 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:13:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hakmi@rogers.com) Received: (qmail 74403 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2006 14:13:37 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:X-MimeOLE:In-Reply-To; b=W5Hd0NooyMQGDe6q5hcaCdBmWYmJH9IHJacBn9DvDA4xG+8+NRRZ+70btsB3xvbYwtQKSjLpmnHYxn7QGvtcHwFDBQZntwMCwFiDgr/anAwdQFL2eU3ea8ZMUhcN+2YyCXFcm9ZWo+ouBS81aOrA/ESgyEChi8fR6CxPWKm3mM0= ; Received: from unknown (HELO tamouh) (hakmi@rogers.com@70.27.160.99 with login) by smtp106.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Jul 2006 14:13:37 -0000 From: "Tamouh H." To: "'Glenn McCalley'" Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:11:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcarmRlVXKCfGR7xQn2aSqWUbH4BMwAbRz8w X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 In-Reply-To: <000d01c6ab99$3ee24500$6601a8c0@bnetmd.net> Message-Id: <20060720141352.2D2F643E23@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: RE: coldfusion alternative X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:15:06 -0000 =20 > OK so a good customer of long standing wants a coldfusion website. > Some "developer", the husband of one of his staff (so that=20 > makes him a trusted advisor, right?), has convinced him "it's=20 > the only way to do it". > My position is maybe that's the only way -he- can do it but=20 > there's a whole wide world of alternatives out there. >=20 > Looking at it, he wants to collect some data on an input=20 > form, then hash it over a couple of ways and present the=20 > results. Pretty graphics maybe as well. Looks to me like=20 > Perl... don't even need a real database, heck DB_File would=20 > work just fine for this. > OK with me... > ...but what's the argument to present other than "you don't=20 > need coldfusion"? >=20 > I'd even put CF on the system and be done with it if there=20 > was a FreeBSD version (anyone have any luck with that?). =20 > Tracked down BlueDragon but that's apparently Win only as well. >=20 > Ammunition wanted. > Thanks > Glenn. Check Blue Dragon Server, it works like CF, there is a free version as = well. http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/