This thread was provoked by this thread in XML forum and this in... um... this forum. In contemporary era, there are almost always more than one way of doing something and more than one possible technological solution. For web presentation we can use pure HTML, JSP, CSS, XML+XSLT, XSL:FO, Cocoon etc, not to mention obscure elitist languages such as Curl Now the challenge is not that much in applying a technology, as in figuring out which one to apply :roll: Can we sketch a list of criteria one can use to evaluate a technology? Does the question make sense in such a general formulation? Or each set of technologies asks for its own "evaluation kit"? -------------------- "There are no answers, only cross references."
Sameer Jamal
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I think the most important parameter is whether a technology is able to solve a particular Business problem in a efficient and feasible manner. After all technology is always driven by busines( or WAR another situation).
Thomas Paul
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What is the skill set of your staff? I find this often drives technology decisions.
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Now the challenge is not that much in applying a technology, as in figuring out which one to apply :roll: 
