Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy?

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2008


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texte = > Makes a LOT of sense to me !!!!! > > Could be a good money spinner for > WebDNA sold on a per site basis. Right, something like the old "Typhoon" I helped the PCS guys develop a decade ago ... But instead of limiting the software to only one dd a better approach might be to allow unlimited db's but restrict it to only one domain. Just keep the price cheap and make people buy a copy for each domain they want to run it on. Sincerely, Ken Grome > > On 14/10/2008, at 11:29 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > > > Thanks for the scenarios illustrating one of the > > reasons why a CGI version has so much value. > > > > We can all be running WebDNA on $2 per month > > "commodity" hosting services when a CGI version becomes > > available ... and so can all our clients and millions > > of other folks. > > > > Sincerely, > > Ken Grome > > > >> I go along with the idea of a cgi version. Being able > >> to put a WebDNA site on any server would be a big > >> coup. How many have had a conversation that went > >> something like this... > >> > >> potential client: So how much does does it cost? > >> you: Well, it depends on how much you want in your > >> site, but at the very least, the hosting will be about > >> $200/year > >> pc: Oh. I'm not paying anything where I am now, so we > >> can just use my host. you: Oh. Um, but my sites need > >> to be hosted on a special server. pc: Oh. Well, let me > >> think about it. (code for "never mind.") > >> > >> or: > >> > >> pc: We just need this thing on the whatsit page; the > >> rest of the site we'll just keep the way it is. > >> you: Okay, but we'll need to move everything to my > >> special server. pc: Oh? I'll still be able to FTP in > >> and dink around though, right? you: [squirm] Well..., > >> not exactly.... > >> pc: Oh. Well, let me think about it. (code for "never > >> mind.") > >> > >> Terry Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Tim Benson 2008)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Govinda 2008)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("stephen" 2008)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Thierry Almy 2008)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Psi Prime, Matthew A Perosi " 2008)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Donovan Brooke 2008)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Stuart Tremain 2008)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Jesse Proudman 2008)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  10. RE: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Olin Lagon" 2008)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2008)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Stuart Tremain 2008)
  14. RE: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Meyers, David E." 2008)
  15. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  16. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Terry Wilson 2008)
  17. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Bob Minor 2008)
  18. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  19. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  20. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Stuart Tremain 2008)
  21. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  22. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Dan Strong" 2008)
  23. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Bob Minor 2008)
  24. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Terry Wilson 2008)
  25. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  26. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Patrick McCormick 2008)
  27. RE: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Terry Nair" 2008)
  28. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Patrick McCormick 2008)
  29. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2008)
  30. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Donovan Brooke 2008)
  31. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  32. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Bob Minor 2008)
  33. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  34. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Donovan Brooke 2008)
  35. RE: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Meyers, David E." 2008)
  36. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Donovan Brooke 2008)
  37. RE: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Olin Lagon" 2008)
  38. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Colin Sidwell 2008)
  39. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2008)
  40. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Colin Sidwell 2008)
  41. Re: [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? (Kenneth Grome 2008)
  42. [WebDNA] a major shift in strategy? ("Olin Lagon" 2008)
> Makes a LOT of sense to me !!!!! > > Could be a good money spinner for > WebDNA sold on a per site basis. Right, something like the old "Typhoon" I helped the PCS guys develop a decade ago ... But instead of limiting the software to only one dd a better approach might be to allow unlimited db's but restrict it to only one domain. Just keep the price cheap and make people buy a copy for each domain they want to run it on. Sincerely, Ken Grome > > On 14/10/2008, at 11:29 AM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > > > Thanks for the scenarios illustrating one of the > > reasons why a CGI version has so much value. > > > > We can all be running WebDNA on $2 per month > > "commodity" hosting services when a CGI version becomes > > available ... and so can all our clients and millions > > of other folks. > > > > Sincerely, > > Ken Grome > > > >> I go along with the idea of a cgi version. Being able > >> to put a WebDNA site on any server would be a big > >> coup. How many have had a conversation that went > >> something like this... > >> > >> potential client: So how much does does it cost? > >> you: Well, it depends on how much you want in your > >> site, but at the very least, the hosting will be about > >> $200/year > >> pc: Oh. I'm not paying anything where I am now, so we > >> can just use my host. you: Oh. Um, but my sites need > >> to be hosted on a special server. pc: Oh. Well, let me > >> think about it. (code for "never mind.") > >> > >> or: > >> > >> pc: We just need this thing on the whatsit page; the > >> rest of the site we'll just keep the way it is. > >> you: Okay, but we'll need to move everything to my > >> special server. pc: Oh? I'll still be able to FTP in > >> and dink around though, right? you: [squirm] Well..., > >> not exactly.... > >> pc: Oh. Well, let me think about it. (code for "never > >> mind.") > >> > >> Terry Kenneth Grome

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