@medialint said:
@repeater said:
Horrifying.
I like how every link on the site that looks like it may take you to actual technical details of the software all just forward back to the base marketing page.
So is the WTF supposed to be the website itself or what the software purports to do because while it seems limited and probably a clunky implementation I don't really think the concept itself of generating a site from an Excel template is that mind boggling of a concept and I've seen plenty of questions of tech websites where clearly there is a market for this sort of thing (at least two devshed postings recently where someone was looking to make an excel doc editable on their site, for example).
I guess I'm just scratching my head over exactly what I should be scratching my head over ...
I think it is mostly just one of those "this is a really bad idea and there is a reason nobody wants to tackle it" things, as mentioned above. I suppose I also really can't fault the site, as this is obviously a product meant to entice non-techs as an easy way to make webapps without needing a developer, and providing tech details would scare off anyone who knew better.
Also, the fact that the whole mess costs around $7,000 with an annual recurring "maintenance" fee of $2,000 per sever is a big WTF (see: http://www.equalssolved.com/purchase.aspx).
That right there throws the "hey this might be useful to a small org that can't afford a cheap dev" argument out the window, and pushes the thing in to WTF territory.
Though, the original poster gave no commentary so who knows if that is what he was getting at.