RE: [PHP] The future of PHP

Well our company uses a three tiered approach. Web servers in the front, application server iPlanet in the middle and out database server sits in the back. I would imagine that they have thrown millions at it over time... He also said he likes how Java is OOP and has great error handling. Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kimsal [mailto:michael@tapinternet.com] > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 5:34 PM > To: jeff@hyrum.net > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] The future of PHP > > > > > Jeff Lewis wrote: > > >I actually had a talk with my boss today... > > > >We discussed different technologies and why we chose them. The > reasons we > >chose Java/JSP/J2EE etc: > > > >1) Scalability (number 1 reason) > >2) Different projects like EJB etc > > > >I had been talking about PHP a lot and he says he likes it to but... > > > >Jeff > > > What specifically about scalability and Java is he thinking of? I'm not > saying at all > that large scaleable sites aren't run under Java. But what does your > company need > to do that Java can that PHP can't? There may be some issues, but there > may not. > > Scaleability costs money. Yes, perhaps Java can scale. If I had a six > figure budget, PHP > would 'scale' too - more hardware. But how much are people willing to > spend? > > > > >