Re: Microsoft .NET arguement

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:06:37AM -0500, Mike R wrote: : : I have someone here at my desk arguing that Microsoft's .NET is better : than PHP - faster to process, easier and quicker to program, etc. : : They also (claim) that Microsoft's SQL is much faster and such vs. MySQL. Without real benchmarks, all claims on speed are just that: unsubstantiated claims. But one nice thing about .NET is that it provides a nice framework that is available at all times and is fairly optimized. It's like having PEAR installed automatically. And having your APIs consistently named also helps the developer to more easily remember the interfaces.