Interesting URL about issues related to maintaining a large web site:
http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,6358,00.html
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Building and maintaining a large-scale media site that
performs quickly, reliably and takes advantage of the
Web has turned into big business for a group of
software companies (and associated integrators and
consultants) that build large, custom (''packaged'')
applications, often atop popular database systems,
intended to bring order to an unruly process.
"
...
"
The head of product development at one New
York-based media site who has supervised development
on both homegrown and packaged systems says:
''These programs are huge, expensive and about as
useless and clumsy as you can imagine. Never again, I
promise you.''
"
Another use for OHS/DKR technology?
-Paul Fernhout
Kurtz-Fernhout Software
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Developers of custom software and educational simulations
Creators of the Garden with Insight(TM) garden simulator
http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com
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