Re: [PHP-EVANGELISM] new comer

On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 11:27:01PM +0200, Maxim Maletsky (PHPBeginner.com) wrote:
> 
> I see the point now. 
> 
> Well, I must say that I didn't go too far from your points. You might
> already know such a site called: PHPBeginner.com. That site was founded
> by me, and its main goal is: promoting PHP. I have collected a large
> number of the newbies who are willing to learn PHP. The idea behind
> PHPBeginner was that the whole bunch of webmasters and programmers of
> other languages are having hard times to start with PHP. We provide
> these users with a very easy-to-read elementary tutorials as well as
> with forums where people aren't shy asking *silly* questions.
There aren't silly questions, only silly answers  ;-)

> As of my languages:
> I speak 6 of them.
> 
> Natively I speak:
> 
> Russian (I was born there)
> Ukrainian (my grandparents always spoke to me)
> Italian (Immigrated there some dozen of years ago)
> English (you to judge)
> Spanish (used to travel around Spain a lot)
> Japanese (I lived there for the last 3 years and will be back again in
> October)
Wow, a walking dictionary he  ;-)
I only know Dutch and english (althru i better read than write it..)

> As of PHP-Evangelism. Well, I really like the idea. Although I know C
> and Java I always hated using them for the web. Some other apps are
> fine, and PHP is something close to my heart by now. I use it for the
> last 2-3 years or so. And have never, ever even thought of implementing
> anything else while making some website.
Now, write down why *you* think C and Java aren't suitable for
webprogramming and PHP is and there you go, your first evangelism content
article!

> My carrier has a past of a 7 years in Web Programming followed by 1 year
> of Project Manager for LINC Media, Inc a Tokyo based internet company.
> Now, I live in Rome, Italy and work as the IT consultant for the Italian
> Government. I am porting the national Real Estate DB into an extranet
> website - a project started by some smart people at the Ministry of the
> Finance. We use religiously PHP with some elements of Ruby and Oracle at
> backend.
Can you also write down how, why and with what arguments you convinced them
to PHP in stead of ASP or Java..

Maybe you could quote some of the 'smart people' you was refering to ;-)

> Let me know what you think I could help you guys with.
Well, i just did. Anything that could promote PHP is welcome.

> I truly like the idea. 
I like my ideas too  ;-)

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