RE: [PHP-WIN] anti-advocacy: Larry Seltzer, pcmag May'01 pub.

If you want to respond to the article somewhere where it will be noticed by the author and people who have read the article then try the feedback form at the end of the article: http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2714115,00.html I reckon that should bring our points to the notice of the editors... -----Original Message----- From: Robin Bolton [mailto:sillyboy@mindless.com] Sent: 09 May 2001 16:29 To: php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] anti-advocacy: Larry Seltzer, pcmag May'01 pub. Perhaps people should contact him, or the magazine and make logical, well thought out arguments as to why the article was in error. Be careful that you don't attack him or accuse him of being an idiot, or biased. Just point out reasons why database abstraction is a bad idea, etc. I highly doubt that Larry Seltzer or any of the ZDNet editors read this newsgroup, so our griping here won't do anything to correct the erroneous article. If enough of us do this, he or his editor will either retract the article and/or readdress the issue with the attention it deserves. If there are any writers here, why not write a counter article and see if ZDNet wants to publish it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dickerson, Monty [mailto:webjavapro@integrity.tamu.edu] > Sent: May 8, 2001 1:04 PM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] anti-advocacy: Larry Seltzer, pcmag May'01 pub. > Importance: Low > > > Today boss comes in and says, "Seen pcmag's story about php? says it is > bad." Argh: > > http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2711724,00.html > > What's the scoop on Larry Seltzer anyway. You here, Larry? His review is > rather 1-sided, negative. Not good for free software's encroachment into > the corporate zone. Of course the points he raises are all true > and widely > known. He mentions only one strength. > > I don't think Larry has actually been in the trenches doing real > work on the > web. Either that or he is/was paid to do it with Micro$oft ASP > or Allaire's > Cold Fusion. Maybe he is on the payroll of one of these? It's a > possibility that should be investigated. > > Thanks for nothing, Larry Seltzer. > > Cheers, > MD > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >