They were actually considering Windows as a viable platform for a server at all.
*shudder*
John Donagher wrote:
> Responding to this article only prolongs its life.
>
> Treat PC Magazine/ZDNET's reviews as you would a 3rd grader's book report.
> These are not technical publications; they are the Popular Mechanics of the PC
> world. When considering languages/environments to use when building an
> application, very few people will read ZDNET publications to help them decide.
>
> John
>
> On Fri, 18 May 2001, Gavin Sherry wrote:
>
> > There is a disappointing trend in 'mainstream' commentary on open source
> > projects. This is an example of one.
> >
> > In the last year of so I have had a lot of experience with poor media
> > coverage of projects I am either involved in or follow closely. One of the
> > worst being an all out attack on PostgreSQL by an indian online magazine
> > resently which seemed to be directed at an entirely different project.
> >
> > I think the short-comings of this article should be addressed in a civil
> > manner. An open letter to ZDNet and the author, for example. This could be
> > posted on the front page of php.net and would probably get coverage on
> > places such as slashdot and perhaps ZDNet itself. I would recommend
> > against personal and emotion emails to the author or to ZDNet as has
> > happened in other cases.
> >
> > Such an open letter could be arranged on this list or by some of the top
> > developers. I think it unfortunate that especially in the case of Open
> > Source journalists are not doing any research -- I say especially because
> > there is such a large amount of information and support for open source
> > projects such as PHP.
> >
> > I would be happy to draft a response if everyone else would like to move
> > in that direction.
> >
> > Gavin
> >
> > On Fri, 18 May 2001, Emmanuel FAIVRE wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2711724,00.html
> > >
> > > no word to comment that !
> > >
> > > just see a adbanner for ColdFusion on the same page !
> > >
> > > Manu
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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