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Posted by Treefrog on 05/05/06 10:39
Chung Leong wrote:
> I think you'll have a hard time finding any big business using PHP for
> their mission critical systems.
I've worked at three so far. There no reason not to use PHP for mission
critical stuff. Poor code is down to poor coders, which unfortunately
the PHP world seems to have a lot of.
Hmm, ok, that is a harsh statement, but the nature of the language
makes it attractive to the hobbiest, which isn't a bad thing but when
they start releasing code, well you only need to look at packetstorm or
similar on any given day to see what the problem is.
> 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.
That's nonsense. Microsoft don't pay compensation for downtime, and if
they did they certainly wouldn't pay it for downtime caused by the code
written by the user.
In fact, in real life what happens is... Microsoft take a month or more
to find, fix and release a patch for the problem you've found.
The PHP devs will likely have a fix out within a few hours, or days at
most.
Not the mention that, if your code goes down, effecting your clients,
and sure they couldn't care less who's fault it is, they just want it
fixed. Being able to say, it wasn't us it was Microsofts fault really
doesn't cut it with shareholders.
I've spoken to people at MS about technical issues for beta projects
and such and they have always been very helpful, but they provide no
more or less help than the PHP community does.
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