Well our company uses a three tiered approach. Web servers in the front,
application server iPlanet in the middle and out database server sits in the
back.
I would imagine that they have thrown millions at it over time...
He also said he likes how Java is OOP and has great error handling.
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kimsal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 5:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] The future of PHP
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> Jeff Lewis wrote:
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> >I actually had a talk with my boss today...
> >
> >We discussed different technologies and why we chose them. The
> reasons we
> >chose Java/JSP/J2EE etc:
> >
> >1) Scalability (number 1 reason)
> >2) Different projects like EJB etc
> >
> >I had been talking about PHP a lot and he says he likes it to but...
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> What specifically about scalability and Java is he thinking of? I'm not
> saying at all
> that large scaleable sites aren't run under Java. But what does your
> company need
> to do that Java can that PHP can't? There may be some issues, but there
> may not.
>
> Scaleability costs money. Yes, perhaps Java can scale. If I had a six
> figure budget, PHP
> would 'scale' too - more hardware. But how much are people willing to
> spend?
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