Posted by windandwaves on 08/26/05 01:35

Hywel Jenkins wrote:
> In article <bspPe.5836$iM2.575630@news.xtra.co.nz>,
> winandwaves@coldmail.com says...
>> Hi Gurus
>>
>> I know this is an html group, but I am sure many of you do web
>> development work that goes beyond html.
>>
>> I was wondering what you think works best.
>> - PHP
>> - Java something
>> - .net
>> - Mysql vs SQL vs Postgres (or whatever these databases are called)
>> - etc...
>>
>> I only do php and mysql, but recently someone told me that these are
>> hopelessly out of date compared to, for example, dot.net.
>>
>> Personally, I believe that it does not matter, that we will never
>> use all the potential anyway and that it is more important to know
>> something well and your actual ideas, the the languages are much of
>> a muchness...
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> What are your career ambitions? Do you want to be doing trivial
> little web sites for the rest of your life, or do you want to give
> enterprise- level application development a shot?

I am focussing on small and medium sized businesses as the average business
size in New Zealand is eight people.

> If it's the
> latter, you'll need more than PHP and MySQL. A recent survey
> indicates that the take-up of PHP is declining as businesses head for
> Java and/or .Net applications.

Hnmmm, yes, that is a shame, as I do like the concept of open source.

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