Re: Automatic installation of WebDNA by hosting clients?
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texte = Ken, you're pretty much asking the impossible here. PHP requires that a server administer compile the source, configure the binary and then secure things to make it run efficiently. The ease of WebDNA's installation is leaps and above PHP as it currently stands. To have an application auto install on upload would be a HUGE security problem. On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:16 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > The bottom line here is that I need a way to convince my client to use > WebDNA, but he doesn't want to go for it unless I can tell him that he > can install it himself, EASILY, on nearly any hosting service he > decides to use in the future -- or that his hosting service can > install it easily with virtually no configuration requirements. > > Please comment if you have a suggestion, otherwise I'll have to tell > him to use PHP and MySQL instead of WebDNA ... not a new thing to > recommend to clients like this of course, but I get really frustrated > to see so little attention being paid to things like this -- which are > very important to our ability to help SMSI sell their software. -- Jesse Proudman Blue Box Group, LLC p. +1.800.613.4305 x801 e. jesse@blueboxgrp.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Ken, you're pretty much asking the impossible here. PHP requires that a server administer compile the source, configure the binary and then secure things to make it run efficiently. The ease of WebDNA's installation is leaps and above PHP as it currently stands. To have an application auto install on upload would be a HUGE security problem. On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:16 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote: > The bottom line here is that I need a way to convince my client to use > WebDNA, but he doesn't want to go for it unless I can tell him that he > can install it himself, EASILY, on nearly any hosting service he > decides to use in the future -- or that his hosting service can > install it easily with virtually no configuration requirements. > > Please comment if you have a suggestion, otherwise I'll have to tell > him to use PHP and MySQL instead of WebDNA ... not a new thing to > recommend to clients like this of course, but I get really frustrated > to see so little attention being paid to things like this -- which are > very important to our ability to help SMSI sell their software. -- Jesse Proudman Blue Box Group, LLC p. +1.800.613.4305 x801 e. jesse@blueboxgrp.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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