Well as you've probably figured out, based on the load of email from me,
I've dropped my last job, in order to finally finish the mod_perl book,
have some rest and make a push to mod_perl.
Yesterday I've updated the stats page:
http://perl.apache.org/netcraft/ and the results are so-so, we go down on
the number of domains. Which I suppose mainly caused by people reading the
guide and deploying the front-end proxy solution, thus making mod_perl
un-seen by various scanners like netcraft.
In Paris we couldn't hire a single mod_perl programmer, because people
don't even know what that. They know a lot about php and ASP. It's true
that they don't even know what's Perl :(
But, you all know that php pretty much takes over. Why? For two reasons:
1) initial corporate pushing (press/ads)
2) once well known, the word of the mouth does the rest.
mod_perl lucks the corporate money/PR to get pushed. But we can still work
on the exposure, which will bring corporate money/PR thru the word of the
mouth.
Luckily Matt has got sick of waiting for someone to work on the advocacy
of mod_perl and he has just taken over it. Having a good informational
site is good, but it's not enough. We need to solve the problem of people
to find this site and wanting to use mod_perl. Solution? Spreading the
word.
I see two main streams:
1) Online zines.
2) Conferences.
I think that we should start working on locating ezines wanting to publish
mod_perl related articles (preferrably for a fee, to give incentives for
others to write) and conferences where mod_perl can be relevant. The data
is to be collected and distributed to the people who wish to advocate
mod_perl, thru written articles and conference classes. I suppose that we
will also look for companies who want to order mod_perl classes and find
the teachers in the appropriate areas.
May be we could organize some certification classes, to give more PR to
mod_perl.
I suppose that much more can be done. Comments are welcome.
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