I think that the developers of PHP know exactly where they want PHP to sit in the big bad world of .NET/J2EE.
The whole reason the dotnet and java extensions have been written for PHP, is to allow PHP to talk to java/net objects, but more importantly, have PHP act as the front end, and .NET/J2EE do the business logic. I can't remember where I read it, but one of the PHP developers was mentioning that part of the modifications to ZE2 and its object handling, was to enable better interactione with Java and .NET. It will be more interesting once the Mono project reaches v1.0. Then you will have a .NET runtime on Unix environments, as well as ASP.NET, and the argument that 'ASP.NET is windows only' will cease to exist. There will always be a place for PHP in the web world. As an application engine, and as a frontend to other languages (Just look at what yahoo are doing with PHP) The 'ASP vs PHP' threads will still continue. What a waste of time they are. -----Original Message----- From: Brian McGarvie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2003 8:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: Php's future with Asp .NET? The 'problem' with ASP is that it really requires a Windows platform... and while Unix is still primarily the OS of choice for web-servers then ASP & PHP will 'co-exist' there will always be a PHP and ASP camp... naturally any broad-minded developer will keep up with both technologies as this will ultimatley make you more sellable when looking for work or a job. I have very little ASP experiance, but that has cost me the oppertinity to apply for several well-paying jobs, as there is very few PHP positions around - I'm speaking for the UK market here. Saying that, most companies that ask for ASP don't necessarily 'need' to use ASP, they just request it cos it's the executive-level buzzword of the moment, if you get in you can always show them the errors of their misconceptions - I generally have! However I feel that will change - in the UK atleast there is a slowly growing number of PHP-based projcets & roles appearing, and PHP is by far the most flexible & powerfull of the 2 - IMHO. I have been a web-developer for several years, and have deployed solutions in ASP, Cold Fusion and PHP, PHP remains my platform of choice as it works equally well in both Unix & Windows platforms. This is of course just my views & hopes for the present and future :) Long live PHP!!! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
