It's true, I buy '.NET' magazine every month and all they talk about is PHP. Journalism is a funny beast, God only know how many articles I've read stating that PS3 is superior to the XBOX 360, we all know that just isn't the case.
Best bet is to take it all with a great big mouth full of salt. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Billy Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 May 2007 14:41 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: MySQL dead too? THE SKY IS FALLING -- oh wait, just a *another* set of lame articles A little perspective... Journalists make their money by writing about topics that people will read. Two topics are especially reliable eyeball magnets for manager-types whose business philosophy reflects whatever magazine article they read last week. 1. What is the next 'big thing'? 2. What formerly big thing is on it's way out? Most decision-makers have a healthy respect for the amount of money (sunk cost) that they have in a particular technology. Businesses that drop a technology just because a magazine article told them to will not be in business for very long. Perhaps 'everybody else' is converting everything to .NET or Java, but real-world businesses are still investing in their AS400, Powerbuilder, and Visual FoxPro applications. ColdFusion by comparison is far better off than those technologies. My advice: Do your best work and don't be a sucker for the games that journalists play. -----Original Message----- From: Damien McKenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:08 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: MySQL dead too? THE SKY IS FALLING -- oh wait, just a *another* set of lame articles > -----Original Message----- > From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:42 AM > Subject: MySQL dead too? THE SKY IS FALLING -- oh wait, just > a *another* set of lame articles > > 8 Reasons Not to Use MySQL > http://www.cio.com/article/113111/Eight_Sound_Reasons_Not_to_U > se_MySQL/4 That was pretty much as bad as the InfoWeek one, just in a different way. One of the dumbest parts is that they spend several of the eight points complaining about the license when *all* software has license issues unless *you* negotiate a better one - how many businesses would not install Windows if they really cared about licensing issues? > What a pair of poorly researched and argued articles -- both > for and against. Agreed. Damien McKenna Web Developer The LIMU Company ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
