On 19/05/06, Ashok Hariharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
1) The system we want to build is a fairly compex one with multiple legacy applciation integrations...and it needs to be localized and deployed in multiple countries, lots of data entry forms which need to be built quickly etc...I have never felt PHP cuts it in such a situation ( ) what do you guys think...?
I'd echo a lot of what Jace said. As someone who has developed some moderately complex apps in PHP, I'd say that that it's not easy to write maintainable code in PHP. It's great for small applications, but needs a great deal of skill when things get complicated. Second, whenever you use OSS always select the tool with the most active community. Especially avoid stuff that has few users outside it's developer community. I'm not qualified to comment on Zope/Plone but I would generally give a great deal of weight to anything Jace says on that subject. Frankly, in your position I'd just use Java. I'm no Java fan, but I've reached that level of cynicism where I think it's better to trade off technical excellence for long term maintainability. If you cannot guarantee a supply of man power to maintain your project you're screwed. -- b
