Just talked to a customer. It seems like the solution to their problem would be a system where every client has its own web server and database which is synced with a central database when the client is online. The system should run on 30000 Linux (!) laptops and and a few legacy windows machines.
I think a pure Perl solution with a Perl web server, a Perl database and a Perl application packaged as a par would work here (Raw speed is no issue). It certainly is an interesting project.
I have been meaning to roll some fixes and enhancements into Jellybean lately...
Re:Pure Perl, Eh?
malte on 2003-05-09T06:27:37
That looks very interesting, indeed.
And even if you should not be able to put some more features in it, it looks like a very good starting point.
Re:Pure Perl, Eh?
chromatic on 2003-05-09T15:58:19
You described exactly the problem it is intended to solve, so why not?
:) Re:Pure Perl, Eh?
malte on 2003-05-09T17:47:38
Ok, we _will_ use it.
The problem is the customer is a german publicly owned company. For any bigger project, they have to collect offers and then choose the "best" one, based 80-90% on the price
At least they think Java is an island in the pacific.
