Vignette and Tcl (was Re: Veblenesque rant)

From: Bryan Oakley (bryan_at_bitmover.com)
Date: 01/03/04

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    Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 20:28:17 GMT

    Phil Powell wrote:

    > Out of fairness two things:
    >
    >...
    >
    > 2) They're getting away from TCL for J2EE which they feel is more
    > Enterprise-ready.

    I'm curious, though this falls in the category of getting off topic...
    For at least 6 years, maybe more, Vignette has been "getting away from
    Tcl". Do they still have Tcl in the product or have they finally succeeded?

    I never quite understood the rationale of removing the core of a product
    that help you build a $500M company (though I'm guessing revenues are
    likely more like half that now). I remember seeing a memo from a time
    when Vignette was only a year or two old where they were already talking
    about getting rid of Tcl.

    Personally, I think if they hadn't hobbled Tcl and spoke down about it
    since day one they would have been much better off. Tcl is a darn near
    perfect language for content management IMO. What other conclusion could
    one draw given that Vignette built such a huge customer base with a Tcl
    based product and the fact that AOLServer seems to be a pretty good
    performer, too.

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