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From: "jon *" jon@clearink.com
To: ECS ecs@list.working-dogs.com
Subject: Re: ECS/HtmlKona Compatibility
Date: Wed, Jul 7, 1999, 11:10 AM


> I've been doing a bit of work with ECS, and I'm thinking about putting
> together a package of higher-level objects to facilitate creation of user
> interfaces with a standard look and feel for our corporate intranet.
> However, there is a chance that I'll need this framework to work with either
> ECS or HtmlKona to create tags. I took a look at the faq-o-matic to see if
> there was any discussion of ECS and HtmlKona's compatibility; it mentions
> that there are differences, but I'm wondering if the ECS api is a superset
> of the HtmlKona api, or is something that can serve the same purpose but has
> a completely different api?

They are not compatible at all. We did this because we think that we have
something better. This is based on my quite extensive experience working
with htmlKona and giving a lot of thought to making something even better.
;-)

One interesting question for you though, why even bother using htmlKona
anymore? There is no reason why you can't just use Weblogic's server and ECS
together (without htmlKona). My point being is that ECS is less proprietary
and closed than htmlKona and it can be used with any project.

I would like to add that Weblogic does make great products, they have really
talented engineers and I fully recommend that you use them if you need to
have a commercially provided solution.