Daniel Brown wrote: > {snip="all"} > > Actually, PHP is a phenomenal, scalable, and > brilliantly-extensible <?=strtolower("BUSINESS");?> language. Yahoo!, > IBM, Google, and (of course) Zend are just a few of the multi-million > and billion dollar players. The company for whom I'm building web and > desktop-level, as well, a multi-million dollar corporation, and the > applications are not strictly web-based. In fact, I've developed > full-scale client-server systems, complete with graphical front-ends > (using GTK+, REALBasic, or other simple front-end, GUI faceplates). > > Of the last three nine-figure-valued (not including beyond the > decimal point! ;-P) companies I've consulted or done programming for, > all three utilized PHP. One as a core component of their business > model, and two to compliment their existing technology. > > So just because it doesn't work for you doesn't mean "that it's > not ever going to be a major player in Real World business solutions." > > Real World[TM] business solutions are discovered by recognizing a > problem or identifying a need, defining that problem or need, and > developing a solution. No language ever created --- or that ever WILL > be created --- will ever be a "business solution;" it will be the > masters of those languages that will mold that solution. very well put. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php