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Posted by Jon on 05/04/06 23:56
"Andy Jeffries" <news@andyjeffries.co.uk> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.05.04.20.31.16.17978@andyjeffries.co.uk...
> On Thu, 04 May 2006 13:25:32 -0700, Chung Leong wrote:
>> I think you'll have a hard time finding any big business using PHP for
>> their mission critical systems. The best thing about using something from
>> Microsoft is that if things go wrong, you can always pin the blame on
>> Microsoft. With open source you're stuck with it. As much as I like PHP I
>> would never recommend it for projects where the stakes are high.
>
> Then I think you have a deep seated issue in that you need someone to
> blame when things go wrong.
>
> When the stakes are "high" (which is a relative term from business to
> business) then the consultant should recommend the best solution.
>
> For web applications 9 out of 10 times (if not more) PHP is the best
> solution and I have no issue recommending it even though there's no one to
> pin the blame on if it goes wrong.
>
> Think of it this way, ask the customer "which would you prefer: a
> platform with someone to blame when it all goes wrong or a platform that
> actually works?"
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Andy
>
> --
> Andy Jeffries MBCS CITP ZCE | gPHPEdit Lead Developer
> http://www.gphpedit.org | PHP editor for Gnome 2
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>
Nah, there's no need to blame people - he's just speaking the truth. We use
PHP for a ton of our web development, but for internal company applications,
it's mostly ASP.NET now and that was switched from classic ASP. There's more
backing from a company with MS than PHP despite the much better community
PHP has. In the end, it's a hard sell to companies when talking about using
PHP for large company applications accessed thousands of times a day and
dealing with millions of records from a DB - Most companies will spend the
money for the MS platform.
That being said, I'm a HUGE PHP fan and feel it's more flexible than ASP,
but reality is reality.
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