Re: Why PHP ? - devil's advocate

On Sunday 10 December 2000 23:13, Maxim Maletsky wrote: > Just three things: > > 1. Microsoft Software is NEVER perfect: Win2k is its ever successful > edition, and guess what: it was invented 5 YEARS AGO and released as a beta > only in 99. And now guess why? Because it had TOO MANY bugs in it and no > one to fix'em. Of Course, Jesus Christ: you gotta pay all these semi-sick > programmers to make that HUGE OS run. > > 2. Therefore: It is "healthy" for a programmer to work on a commercial > project, simply because it can pay you better requiring you less > "supernatural skills" as open source gurus such as Rasmus, Sascha and Andy > have. After all, what do you do with PHP? Making database-driven, dynamic > websites, right? And that means to develop projects within companies who > whether love open-source or are just too poor to buy a commercial software > (you can then guess your salaries). > > 3. If I will search PHP-General Archives in a week from now for "compiling > PHP with PDFlib 3.01 (NOT 3.02!) into the latest Apache as a DSO!" I will > find the exactly same _CRAP_ I am writing and responding to right in > moment. > > Let's be serious in here. It won't be that helpful deciding what is cooler > Windows Installer or Make. Get the RPMs!!!!! Or, you can always get binaries for a fee. Saludos... -- System Administration: It's a dirty job, but someone told I had to do it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Martín Marqués email: martin@math.unl.edu.ar Santa Fe - Argentina http://math.unl.edu.ar/~martin/ Administrador de sistemas en math.unl.edu.ar -----------------------------------------------------------------