Re: CGI Question

by "Leland V. Lammert" <lvl(at)omnitec.net>

 Date:  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:03:45 -0600
 To:  <hwg-servers(at)hwg.org>
 References:  tconsult
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>
>I personally do not know why anyone would put too much
>effort in to learning CGI.  Especially if you are new.
>You will obtain success much faster and get way more
>satisfaction out of ASP (Active Server Pages).  If you
>don't have access to it, get access to it.

What does ASP have to do with CGI? ASP is a VERY steep learning curve, .. 
greater than PHP and a LOT bigger than Cold Fusion (the only widely 
accepted alternatives). The biggest problem with ASP is that the server 
configuration itself is a nightmare - I have tried to get it working four 
different times and never succeeded.

>Unless you need to know CGI of course :).

Please do not give the impression that CGI ias ANY relation to ASP!! ASP is 
a scripting language embedded in an HTML document, .. CGI is a program 
running ON the server. CGI is the the interface between a web server (IIS 
in your world) *TO* a program running *ON* the server. By itself, CGI has 
absolutly nothing to do with an HTML document.

>By the way, the Internet is about to make a big left turn.
>Surprisingly many people do not know it yet.
>But ASP.NET will revise the Internet 10 fold.

Sure, .. that just means we know which direction YOUR prayer carpet is 
pointed at sunrise!! Microsoft is still claiming to be increasing market 
share right? NOT. The majority of the work done in the current marketplace 
is done by small developers like ourselves. I, for one, could never justify 
the $10K+ pricetag to subscribe to the Microsoft world. Just because we 
don't purchase our software from a vendor that reports quarterly sales does 
NOT mean that we are not here, and doing quite well, thank you, without ANY 
Microsoft products.

         Lee
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    Leland V. Lammert                                lvl(at)omnitec.net
       Chief Scientist                         Omnitec Corporation
   Network/Internet Consultants              www.omnitec.net
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