Re: What is your favorite front end for user interaction

Steve Atkins wrote:
>
> On May 8, 2006, at 11:05 PM, Guido Neitzer wrote:
>
>> On 09.05.2006, at 0:33 Uhr, Karen Hill wrote:
>>
>>> What is your favorite front end for end users to interact with your
>>> postgresql db? Is it java, .net, web apache + php, MS-Access, ruby on
>>> rails? Why is it your favorite? Which would you recommend for end
>>> users on multiple OSes?
>>
>> You mean what technology to use to build business logic?
>>
>> <advertisement>
>>
>> It just depends on your needs. I prefer to use Apple WebObjects for
>> building web frontends to the db.
>>
>> Why? Because it is extremely powerful, free if you are able to
>> develop on Mac OS X (it comes with the developer tools) and even if
>> you have to buy a couple of Powerbooks and Xserves it may be cheaper
>> then only the software license for one of the other big Java
>> application server technologies. You can deploy it to every Java
>> plattform because it's just a Java application
>
> Is that actually true? My understanding was that under the most recent
> license changes it was not possible to deploy it to any platform other
> than XServe. Technically possible, sure, but a violation of the license.
> That's the main reason I stopped considering it a viable development
> environment.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
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