True, there is no support, and unfortuanley, it probably has no future.
However, another major advantage (for me) is that I know it very well, have
been using it for years to do some pretty decent stuff (including on-line
catalogs, shopping carts, and more), and - other than the fact that IBM will
drop it one of these days - have no compelling reason to learn something new
and deal with yet another learning curve that simply allows me to do what I
can already do.
Larry Kleinman
Kleinman Associates, Inc.
212-949-6469
203-255-4100
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Hi Larry:
"Why would someone want to use Net.Data?"
How about: it works, it's free, and it's easy to learn.
Okay, but lots of things are free and easy to learn (and hopefully they
work!!). Here's a list: Net.Data, PHP, jRuby, Perl, Python, J2EE,
CGIDEV2, LUA. And that's not exhaustive by any means.
That's what I'm asking you, Larry. With all of these options, why would
you pick Net.Data? Net.Data has no future, and is relatively obscure
with very little support in the industry.
If you were to start a new project (as Dave is doing, that's why he
started this thread) why would you pick Net.Data?
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