On 08/23/2013 13:02, phil@highoctane.be wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As part of the defense of a budget and technology choices, what would
> you guys list as a key advantage of using Pharo for creating software
> solutions?
>
> My current stack is:
>
> Pharo 2.0
> Seaside 3 (including Seaside-REST)
> Magritte 3
> Twitter Bootstrap
>
> + a couple of data storage stuff (DBXTalk, Phriak, Voyage)
> + STOMP
>
> + Amber if needed
>
> I've been test driving the whole stack for a while and even if there
> are some quirks, it looks like good enough for what I want to achieve.
>
> Now, my question: what is the Pharo advantage you would put forward vs
> other choices (like LAMP, Java, Rails etc).
>
> I am aware of what those could be but I am more looking for what makes
> you tick when using the technology (like: "it is fun to work with",
> "no more Java for me, due to ...", "speeds dev time by ...", "not
> NSA-backdoor-enabled")
>
> This is the kind of thing we should have in stock for helping the
> Consortium members get buy in from people giving a yes on budgets.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help! (BTW, I am going to use this on
> monday morning for defending our position on a significant project).
>
>
That's basically what I've been doing in the past 5-6 years ago:
evaluating different platforms, technology combos, libraries, and many a
times I do that for a living --so believe me, I'm good at it :-)
I wrote something about Pharo a few months ago which might help you:
http://www.bahmanm.com/blogs/a-new-platform-for-business-app-development

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