Re: banner serving software

From: Jonathan Roy <roy_at_idle.com>
Date: Fri 24 Dec 1999 19:53:02 -0500

JANET ATTARD WROTE:
> I'd love to know the same thing. I looked at - and had
> someone try to install Webadverts for us, but my site is on
> an NT server and the person who was trying to set it up
> couldn't get it to work there. Does anyone know if
> Webadverts can be set up to work on NT? Or if there is
> anything similar that's reasonably priced, works on an NT
> using ASP?

TO WHICH IWANNAWIN.COM REPLIED:
> Webadverts uses Perl. So as long as a perl interpreter has
> been installed on your webserver you should be able to make
> it work. I'm not saying that it installs instantly, but I
> was able to set it up after I got the file permissions
> correct.

TO WHICH WAYNE BROWNING RESPONDED:
> perl programs for banner tracking/rotating is very
> unsecure or better put unstable, should look for a
> program written in c++ just thought i'd throw that in.

  The language alone is no way to judge ad software,
keep in mind. You could have a high performance
reliable system in perl, or a poor unscalable system in
C. It's the quality of the developers you should look
at, not the language chosen.

-Jonathan

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Jonathan Roy - roy_at_idle.com - Idle Communications, Inc.






Received on Fri Dec 24 1999 - 18:53:02 CST