RE: perl vs php. just the facts, ma'am.

[Selena Sol]

> Stas said:
>
> Elaine and Jason's comments are all valid, the advocacy has to be done on
> many fronts, at the roots level, along the trunk and at the crown. So we
> shouldn't waste our time trying to prove to each other what kind of
> advocacy is better, but rather share techniques and use them all.

amen.

> So here I'm shifting from my suggestion of finding the Big Company into
> making these Big Companies admit that they use Perl. Does it seem like a
> better idea?

I think "client successs stories" is an important part of marketing any
technology.  However, why would a big company want to bother?  Companies are
pretty conservative.

I can tell you that SUN has programs that will pay companies up to 300,000
USD for project funding if those companies "go public".  Even with this,
many companies still don't want to do it.