Posted by Jochem Maas on 04/22/05 21:46

Pablo D Marotta wrote:
> Hi there..
> I`m defending the language, but people here want to migrate to asp..
> They just keep on saying "php is not used for huge corporation solutions, there
> asp goes better".

Sun has always been traditionally a favorite of huge corporations (banks for instance),
.... Sun is partnering of late with a company called Zend. certainly gives the
impression that php is making serious moves towards the enterprise.

just thought I'd add that tidbit, most of the relevant big guns in IT/web-land
have already been mentioned :-)

>
> I know it isn´t correct, but I don´t know much about "well-known" websites
> using php technology. (I just don´t navigate enough time to know it)
> I think that could help a lot, since this people is highly influenced by that
> kind of facts.. (I mean, knowing that other companies trust this language to

I would not so much trust in the code (implicitly), but
put it in the people responsible for developing [on] it.

> manage critical information).

remember php is opensource, and your employer has (technically) the
financial means to:

a, employ people who (also) contribute to php development
b, employ people fix/change php behaviour for specific inhouse needs
c, employ people who are responsible for source code auditing of php

that to me is worth more than any support contract from M$.

php might be a good hammer but not everything is a nail, I think its fair to
consider that it might not be the right solution for what ever it is you
are tasked with.

rgds,
Jochem

>
> Does anybody know/have any web-sites listing using php? If you only know a few
> of those, it could help me too.
>
> Thanks in advance!!
> Pablo

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