Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:07:39 -0500 (CDT)
From:      skat@flask.com
To:        Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@denverweb.net>
Cc:        ISP@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Active Server Pages
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970916094749.15944A-100000@ns1.flask.com>
In-Reply-To: <341E98A9.2B6A0705@denverweb.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
ASP only affects the server platform. The ASP pages are still platform
independent from client side, unless the content developers choose to use
ActiveX components (that's another issue). 

What happens on the server (i.e., cgi, isapi, nsapi, w*api, etc.) were never 
platform independent to begin with (try porting a unix cgi to WinNT or 
MacOS platform).

I'm sure I could come up with several reasons why I prefer not to use 
ASP, but if someone wants to use it, it is their choice and their nightmare.

Shin



On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Blaine Minazzi wrote:

> > 
> > This enters the world of proprietary standards (well, not standards since
> > that would imply there is a standard) and becomes very difficult to
> > implement.
> 
> And the whole IDEA behind the http, java, and what has made the web so
> popular, was to allow platform independent sharing of information. 
> Without this ability, we are right back to the ground zero of
> interoperability.  
> 
> Oh well.  Proof again that the G&S factor is the driving force of many
> corporate decisions.
> 
> Blaine
> 



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.970916094749.15944A-100000>