Drive as a Hummer, save as a Prius
Samisa has written a great blog post about making sensible choices in a bad economic situation. Specially making the right choices when it comes to your middleware.
For the uninitiated it might feel that choosing a low cost middleware platform is like choosing low cost, small, fuel efficient car. Anyone having driven a cheap small car would feel that it’s not as comfortable as a huge fuel sink SUV. Also your cheap model might not have all the features as the SUV.
When it comes to software however, things are different than the real world. Going for a low cost alternative does not necessarily mean giving up the features that your other big, greedy solution had. It’s like driving a Hummer with the fuel efficiency of a Prius. Who wouldn’t want that? Take it for a test drive and see for yourself!