Re: A Guide to running Apache 2, PHP 4 & PHP 5 on Windows XP

On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 12:46 -0400, Jon Anderson wrote: > Richard Davey wrote: > > Sure, but you're in the minority*, so what do I care? :) > > > > * I just took the Zend PHP IDE research poll, and at the end it gives > > you the chance to view the stats of everyone else who took the poll. > > Interestingly, 70% of them use Windows XP for development. > > > > I actually use a combination of Vista and OS X, which puts me in the > > 11% and 19% categories respectively. > > I find it funny that the addition of the numbers above would logically > put me in the 0% category. > > My $0.02...I use Linux almost 100% of the time at work, and consider > myself to be a "linux guy". That said, I disagree with people who > discard Windows as an option. If you develop in PHP, chances are pretty > good that more than 85% of the people you're developing for will use > Windows to view your end result. In my book, that makes a WAMP > workstation/laptop a pretty good self-contained development environment. > > "Argumentum ad populum" doesn't apply in the usage-for-development case. > It's not asking "If everyone else jumped off a bridge would you jump > too?" It's asking "If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you > design your bridge with a soft fluffy landing spot?" The "Argumentum ad populum" reference I made is quite applicable. Otherwise, if not to lean on argumentum ad populum, why would he make a reference to 70% of the poll using Windows XP? Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'