[WebDNA] WebDNA future
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2010
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 104387
interpreted = N
texte = First of all, we do not remove anything, on the contrary: we fill out = the documentation; compare http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D84 = with the old http://docs.webdna.us/ArraySetContext.html for instance. Unfortunately, "anyone best interest" (as Ken said) is not attracting = many new customers. We put WebDNA on the right track and make everything = right. Some will offer resistance to changes and just argue about = anything, but we want to move forward and give WebDNA the commercial = success it deserves, which would translate into an easy to install, easy = to use, solid, fast and stable product. We focuse on the core engine, while the external applications like = StoreBuilder and CMS will become external offers. An engine that could run on most platforms with most webservers implies = a fastCGI architecture (remember 6.2 only runs with apache 2.2 which has = been a serious limitation for years, without any benefit). "fastCGI" = implies no more sandboxes, which will disappear. The URL command will be = deprecated as it can jeopardise security and is not used anymore. The = licensing system has been entirely rewritten, simplified, is = cross-platform and will allow one WebDNA copy to run on a single = website, for a cheap price. We are working on many more modifications at = this time. The WebDNA version is already running but needs more work. About the question "will you still support the module version of = WebDNA", answer is "yes". In the future, i was thinking in parallel processing WebDNA servers and = high resilience WebDNA database servers using clusters with fully = scalable solutions. But this is another story... :-) - chris=
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First of all, we do not remove anything, on the contrary: we fill out = the documentation; compare http://www.webdna.us/page.dna?numero=3D84 = with the old http://docs.webdna.us/ArraySetContext.html for instance. Unfortunately, "anyone best interest" (as Ken said) is not attracting = many new customers. We put WebDNA on the right track and make everything = right. Some will offer resistance to changes and just argue about = anything, but we want to move forward and give WebDNA the commercial = success it deserves, which would translate into an easy to install, easy = to use, solid, fast and stable product. We focuse on the core engine, while the external applications like = StoreBuilder and CMS will become external offers. An engine that could run on most platforms with most webservers implies = a fastCGI architecture (remember 6.2 only runs with apache 2.2 which has = been a serious limitation for years, without any benefit). "fastCGI" = implies no more sandboxes, which will disappear. The URL command will be = deprecated as it can jeopardise security and is not used anymore. The = licensing system has been entirely rewritten, simplified, is = cross-platform and will allow one WebDNA copy to run on a single = website, for a cheap price. We are working on many more modifications at = this time. The WebDNA version is already running but needs more work. About the question "will you still support the module version of = WebDNA", answer is "yes". In the future, i was thinking in parallel processing WebDNA servers and = high resilience WebDNA database servers using clusters with fully = scalable solutions. But this is another story... :-) - chris=
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