Re: [PHP-EVANGELISM] PHP support for witless corporations

I was fortunate enough to have a boss that was in a budget crunch but 
needed something to quickly collect, analyze and present information.

I guess I'm lucky, my boss is a forward thinker, and can recognize the 
value of free.


On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 08:22 PM, Jonathan Villa wrote:

> I am also in the same boat. My company is mainly Lotus Notes/Microsoft,
> and does a lot of Java.  While I have no problem with Java, I would
> rather use PHP than Lotus Script or .NET.
>
> I research the following...
>
> 1. The cost of setup is free
> 2. Model-View-Controller design pattern can be implemented with PHP
> 3. PHP is faster on the web
> 4. It's increase in popularity
> 5. Since PHP works well with UNIX/Linux, so anything can be done
> 6. Fixes to the language come at a much faster rate than .NET and
> others.
> 7. Function library is awesome!
> 8. Upgrading to newer versions are free!! Where Microsoft will charge!
> 9. It's just better...
>
> On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 13:13, lackluster lackluster wrote:
>> I'm tyring to sneak PHP into my company. Everybody wants to go with 
>> .NET,
>> but, having used both, I think technically PHP is a better choice. My 
>> task
>> here is to convince management to get away from .NET. Nobody wants to 
>> hear
>> that support is free, with loads of easy-to-find documentation, 
>> request for
>> bugfixes, and THE FREAKIN' SOURCE CODE!!! They'd rather purchase 
>> support
>> ..... so .... is there anywhere I can BUY support for PHP? Thanks for 
>> the
>> help, and anything I should tell management to satisfy them would be
>> helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> lackluter
>>
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