In a small way, I have set up an old PC as a linux server and played around with that, the last three sites I did in CF have been hosted on Linux and used MySql, I have also used some PHP packages and modified them to some extent. I know I am going to have to sit down and really learn PHP at some point if I want my skill set to remain marketable, but I am finding it difficult (emotionally!) to move away from CF.
On 6/2/05, Calvin Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wayne, > > Have you started adding LAMP development to your skillset? > > - Calvin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 8:23 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF vs LAMP > > I had to throw this in: > > "One of IBM's senior venture capital investment authorities is encouraging > software start-ups to follow the money, and back the LAMP open source stack. > > According to Drew Clark, director of strategic insights for IBM's venture > capital group, building software using Linux, Apache, MySQL and > Perl/PHP/Python (LAMP) is one of the key requisites for VC investment today" > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/30/vcs_warm_to_lamp/ > > I'm a huge fan of CF, but in the UK CF jobs are becoming rarer than hens > teeth while PHP is going from strength to strength. It depresses me, but I > think CF is becoming increasingly seen as a specialist high end solution due > to the way Macromedia are now going for the enterprise market almost > exclusively. > > The danger is that the various components of LAMP are just getting better > and better, the pool of developers is growing in size and quality, and large > public and private organisations are seriously considering and implementing > LAMP projects, where that will leave CF in 5 years I just don't know :( > > I have an interview tomorrow for an organisation that uses CF, I really hope > I get the job as it's the first local CF position I have seen for months and > I hate to think when the next one may come up. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:208381 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
