RE: [PHP] Why PHP ? - devil's advocate

| For example, I got pdflib for 'free' this summer. It took | *hours* to get it working properly. Was it 'free'? By this token, you love Tomcat/JSP do you? ;-) Also, apparently you are frustrated because of setting up something taking time. MOST technologies these days need some time to install/configure, even JAVA and its sad classpath issues. Lets look beyond the initial cost, whether directly monetary or the time you spend in figuring out something. Most spoon-feeding technologies have limitations because something has been sacrificed in making them simple. Secondly, and more importantly, they have a recurring cost. When you buy something expensive, everything ancillary you buy to it (including support for the original product) costs a song. Of course people decide what sort of cost they wish to save. Initial learning time, or the recurring costs of "sophistication". My 0.02 Shanx --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.198 / Virus Database: 95 - Release Date: 04-Oct-00