RE: [PHP] The future of PHP

Zeev, I agree with you! ............................................ Valter Santos WEB/WAP Consultant > -----Original Message----- > From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:zeev@zend.com] > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:21 AM > To: Valter Santos > Cc: mlemos@acm.org; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] The future of PHP > > > At 03:11 03-09-01, Valter Santos wrote: > > > > >In this company, they have choose Microsoft stuff because > they think it > > > >is the right choice for what they do. For some things, PHP could be a > > > >better choice, but it would be hard to convince who is in > charge above > > > >me because PHP does not benefit of a great credibility in the market > > > >that would help me to make a good case to switch to PHP. > > > > > > In the US (and perhaps in the rest of America), that's relatively > > > true. That's not the case in Europe or the far east. It has > a lot to do > > > with mentality and corporate culture. > > > > > >I really disagree with you Zeev. I am from Portugal, Europe, and here the > >idea > >of "Microsoft is the best" still exist! > > It will continue to exist for a long while in the minds of many > people. That's just the way things are - you never get anywhere > near 100% > of the people supporting you. The question is whether in Portugal, you > feel that going with a non-Microsoft solution means a complete up-hill > battle or not. > > I can tell you that in general, companies in Europe appears to be > more open > to open-source solutions much more than ones in the US. Of > course, Europe > is comprised of lots of different countries, and each country has lots of > different companies, so your mileage may vary. > > Zeev > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >