Re: PHP/Linux v.s. PHP/Windows

Don't bother trying to change them. Adapt or move on. To test their commitment to IIS/MS, ask them if you can develop all your ASP pages in PerlScript. See how far you get with that. Or try asking to develop java servlets under IIS They are most likely not committed to IIS, but VBScript. PHP can't compete on those terms. It's a great platform, and offers many programming advantages for many applications, but running on Windows isn't a good option for PHP. I was in a similar situation about 3 years ago. Didn't matter what the cost or speed benefits were of using another platform - MS was "better" and they were never going to look at other technology - they'd already been 'burned' by supporting Netscape, then MS 'won' the browser war, so they were never looking at non MS stuff. Keep in mind this was mid 97. I was forced into developing on FrontPage, but couldn't use the 'publish' feature (security reasons) - I had to ZIP all my files and send them to the 'webmaster'. Needless to say, this didn't last long - you can't change people's minds who are entrenched in MS. Joe Sheble aka Wizaerd wrote: > I've used PHP on Linux systems with nary a problem, interacting with mySQL. > However, I've recently accepted a full time position at a company as an > intranet developer, and they are committed 100% to using Microsoft and IIS > as their server. > > How stable is PHP on Windows? Are there any pitfalls to using it? How does > it compare in performance times to other IIS/Scripting solutions? > > Thanx.... > > -- -- ========================== Michael Kimsal http://www.tapinternet.com 734-480-9961