From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Sep 3 21:52: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from jeff.isni.net (user207302034.fl.sprint-hsd.net [207.30.203.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9584437B42C for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:51:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by jeff.isni.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e844pME35519; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:51:22 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: jeff.isni.net: jeff owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:51:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Palmer To: Alex Cc: Jahanur R Subedar , free Subject: Re: Cold fusion / FreeBSD / Apache / PHP /MySQL In-Reply-To: <39B32802.1F0F7105@aspenworks.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Check out the FAQ at www.php.net there is a link to a nice little white paper on the PHP vs. Cold Fusion debate.It is very objective, and very well written. Basically, it states CF is too slow and resource intensive, when php can do the exact same things with almost no overhead. It did go on to say CF is easier to use, but your web server has to be beefier for the same performance. Just my 2 cents. Jeff On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Alex wrote: > Jahanur, > > It's very easy to access the MySQL database from Apache using the PHP > scripting language. However, there isn't currently, any Web > development tool which approaches Dreamweaver Ultradev or Cold Fusion > (or Adobe's stuff) ease of use and web application development. Seems > to me a gap which needs filling, but I'm not sure. Perhaps I've > overlooked a tool. > > The key for us is creating a website, where the 'assets' of the > website, i.e., images, text, organization of pages is part of a > database. End users ask us for a Web interface to update the pages, > modifying images, text or other components of their site. > > We do use PHP and MySQL to create dynamic websites. Linux I found out > tonight, has an interface to Cold Fusion. I'm continuing the research. > > Cheers, > > -Alex > > > Jahanur R Subedar wrote: > > > > I had one customer who has built his site with cold fusion. But laiter I > > found out that Cold Fusion server is needed and the price for that is > > $4000.00. So I gave up becasue there was only one customer who wants cold > > fusion. And spending $4000.00 for one customer is not worthed. > > Please let me know if there is any other way arrounf $4000.00 to make the > > cgis run and access the Mysql. > > > > Thanks > > > > Jahanur > > > > On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Alex wrote: > > > > > > > > We're keen about building a Cold Fusion or Dreamweaver Ultradev > > > compatible FreeBSD box. Customers are using our NT solutions, but they > > > suck. Not the customers, the boxes. They are expensive and we're > > > always awaiting the next release of some part of the product to fix > > > one problem or another. > > > > > > My understanding is that we just need ODBC and MySQL to support > > > Dreamweaver/Ultradev, but Macromedia doesn't list any FreeBSD system > > > as compatible with their tools. We'd make alot of people happy if we > > > had compatibility with Cold Fusion or Ultradev type products. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > -Alex > > > > Jahanur R Subedar > > WWW.JJSOFT.COM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message