Michael Skeggs wrote:
> It is a very simple equation:
>
> clueless consultant + inapropriate faith in vendor = massive over
> specification.
Indeed.
> It gets really out of hand when everyone doing the requirements expects
> growth, and at each stage they each add a 'little' just in case growth is
> higher than expected. I have had stand up fights with people who assured me
> that web servers wouldn't run on Pentiums (this was a while ago) and $30,000
> SUN kit (which admittedly is lovely) is needed to host a little brochureware
> site.
Mr Morris was, I believe, highlighting a different fact. It takes about
10 X the resources to run a Java-enabled web server (memory + CPU grunt)
as compared to other lightweight solutions such as Apache + mod_perl,
or (shiver) PHP.
Java is simply and almost uniquely a total resource pig. As well, development
time and effort in Java certainly longer than RAD tools such as perl, python
or PHP. And the ultimate insult: contrary to its raison d'etre, Java does
not run unchanged on all platforms.
But, I do agree with you Michael ... just try to convince the clueless that
something other than expensive consultant-backed vendorware is just as good.
Good luck! Marketroids have brainwashed management.
Cheers
Rick W
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"One of the main advantages of the 'dot-bomb' downturn is that cool [web]
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