Re: Php's future with Asp .NET?
| From: | Brian McGarvie | Date: | Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:36:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Php's future with Asp .NET? | ||
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The 'problem' with ASP is that it really requires a Windows platform... and
while Unix is still primarily the OS of choice for web-servers then ASP &
PHP will 'co-exist' there will always be a PHP and ASP camp... naturally any
broad-minded developer will keep up with both technologies as this will
ultimatley make you more sellable when looking for work or a job.
I have very little ASP experiance, but that has cost me the oppertinity to
apply for several well-paying jobs, as there is very few PHP positions
around - I'm speaking for the UK market here.
Saying that, most companies that ask for ASP don't necessarily 'need' to use
ASP, they just request it cos it's the executive-level buzzword of the
moment, if you get in you can always show them the errors of their
misconceptions - I generally have!
However I feel that will change - in the UK atleast there is a slowly
growing number of PHP-based projcets & roles appearing, and PHP is by far
the most flexible & powerfull of the 2 - IMHO. I have been a web-developer
for several years, and have deployed solutions in ASP, Cold Fusion and PHP,
PHP remains my platform of choice as it works equally well in both Unix &
Windows platforms.
This is of course just my views & hopes for the present and future :)
Long live PHP!!!
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