Interesting that you should post this, given what I read today on
http://www.scripting.com:
http://www.thetwowayweb.com/stories/storyReader$56
It's about another InfoWorld columnist, Brett Glass, and how his popular
"Help Desk" column was abrubtly dropped by the magazine in February of
1998. "Help Desk" often had a somewhat critical take on Microsoft
software... and Microsoft are one of the magazine's largest advertisers,
apparently. Draw your own conclusions.
I am also frequently flummoxed by the ability of The Press to completely
ignore Perl. They often seem to write as if Java is the only choice
these days for server programming. It's like some kind of mass hysteria,
unquestioning and glassy-eyed...
sigh
-Neil
Jesse Erlbaum wrote:
>
> Hey All --
>
> Nicholas Petreley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), long-time columnist ("The Open
> Source") for InfoWorld and the founding editor of VarLinux.org, just penned
> the following article:
>
> "JSP in Harms' way"
> http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/01/07/02/010702oppetreley.xml
>
> This article is one in a series of recent articles by Petreley about web
> application development. Petreley is generally a supporter of Open-Source
> software, but he (like many) does not seem to have a kind word to say about
> Perl. I have written to him a couple of times, and I encourage you to do
> the same! Here is the letter I just sent him:
>
> ----START---->
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon 7/2/01 12:50 PM
> Subject: Python & Java -- *sigh*
>
> Nicholas --
>
> I read your 7/2/01 column, "JSP in Harms' way," and once again I find myself
> asking, "What about Perl?"
>
> The fact is, Perl is a lot more mature than even Java, and is more prolific
> a language than any other for sophisticated web application development.
>
> I would really like to see you inject an honest discussion of Perl into your
> series on web development. I think you will find that, although unglamorous
> compared to its better publicized peers, Perl is a preeminently capable
> environment for building object-oriented (yes!), sophisticated (yes!),
> database-connected (yes! yes!) web-based applications.
>
> Thank you for your time
> <----END----
>
> I hope that if you all tell Nicholas about your use of Perl, he will be
> inclined to take it a bit more seriously.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Jesse-
>
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