I agree with Matt. I think the reason PHP numbers are growing so rapidly is the smaller sites. I mean real small. The "One man online business", the "my blog" page, and the like. Those pages get counted too and are springing up as fast as someone's static IP cable modem is plugged in. I'm sure PHP is growing in the enterprise but I think it still has a while before it overtakes CF in mid/large company's and especially intranets, where I also agree it has a very strong presence.
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 10:08 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF usage growing or shrinking? (was DWMX 2004 - Whats new for us? ) > Basically, it states that PHP - normally thought of as a LAMP product > - is growing very quickly on Windows, and - if the current rate keeps > up - will overtake CF as the second most popular Windows scripting > language (behind ASP, of course) sometime next year. > > While Netcraft doesn't troll corporate intranets and such (where I > believe CF has good foothold), it still doesn't bode well for CF in > general. > As much as I would like to use Netcraft's statistics as reason for people to consider Apache over IIS, I don't believe their statistics matter much to mid-size and larger companies. I say this because while it is clear that Apache is the most widely deployed web server across the Internet, I believe IIS is the most widely deployed web server across mid-size and larger companies. That is not to say that Apache doesn't have a large market share for these companies, but it is an important point to ponder. In the case of PHP, there is no doubt that PHP is widely used across the Internet, but I believe its usage is very small in mid-size and larger companies. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.MontaraSoftware.com (888) 408-0900 x901 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
