[Rainbowportal-devel] Re: Rainbowportal-devel digest, Vol 1 #1196 - 1 msg

[Eric R. <ra...@gm...>]

LOL that was your decision to go to DNN.  Good luck in making good
UI's and enterprise level modules.  There maybe more modules but
doesnt mean they are good.  I see complaints on asp..net forums in
almost every aspect of DNN.  Rainbows UI is more complex because its
better.  Real developers dont want cheap dinky UIs like DNN.  Once
rainbow goes stable 2.0, we will get 1-6 of your companies list in 6
months.  Yeah keep checking in on us.
On 12/25/05, rai...@li...
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> From: Fred Lackey <fre...@gm...>
> Subject: Re: [Rainbowportal-devel] Rainbow vs. DotNetNuke
> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:18:44 -0500
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> Chris / Jonathan,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, the "trying to be different"
> rationale doesn't work 99.9% of the time.  In fact, as of Thursday,
> Rainbow is officially out and DNN is in.  It was not my call, but
> here was the team's logic in making the decision...
>
> 1. DNN community more active than Rainbow;
> 2. Better documentation (published books, white papers, etc.) on DNN;
> 3. More modules available for DNN than for Rainbow;
> 4. Most of the DNN UI is less complex and should be easier to maintain;
> 5. Easier module management (adding, security, etc.) for editors with
> DNN; and,
> 6. Stronger focus on .NET 2.0 with DNN.
>
> I don't want to get into a debate about whether or not anyone agrees
> with these points.  They are the opinions and feelings of the
> majority of our team.
>
> To put this into perspective, the company has been using Rainbow for
> around 3 years now.  They have three servers running Rainbow with
> multiple public sites and intranets running on it.  So, for them to
> ditch a product after having that much history with it... well... you
> see where I'm going.
>
> I sincerely hope this info helps.  I'm sure I'll be bugging all of
> you since we will continue to have a Rainbow presence.  Who knows,
> maybe six or 12 months from now Rainbow will be better positioned for
> them to reevaluate their decision.
>
> Thanx,
> Fred
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