I realize this is somewhat off-topic for this list but: I too have extensive experience with PHP/MySQL used in large scale projects but I have experience with other languages and frameworks as well.
I merely wished to dispel the common, newb impression that PHP is the only realistic choice. - md On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Daevid Vincent <dae...@daevid.com> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:jblanch...@pocket.com] >> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:25 AM >> To: Michael Dykman; mysql >> Subject: RE: Why is MySQL always linked to Php? >> >> [snip] >> PHP applications are, for the most part, not that ambitious >> and mysql is simply the most accessible database with the best >> developed API. >> [/snip] >> >> I know that you said "for the most part" and you are >> absolutely correct. >> I just want to point out that there are many corporations >> relying on PHP >> and MySQL to deliver robust, scalable and enterprise capable >> applications each and every day. >> >> I suppose that is part of the appeal - low barriers to entry with >> infinite possibilities. > > Yeah, I took a bit of offense to that original statement too. > > I work for Panasonic Avionics, and we have no less than 12 servers here > running LAMP boxes in my department alone. They are in master/slave pairs. > We have almost 100GB of data with about 1 BILLION rows. Everytime an > aircraft lands, we get an offload about the (IFE) In Flight Entertainment > system. What movies are watched, for how long, what games were played, what > level reached, did the system reboot, was it commanded to reboot, all sorts > of things. We get about an offload per minute or so 24/7. These servers are > reliable and the SaaS we sell along with the IFE costs MILLIONS of dollars > per airline. The GUI is all PHP with some Python as the backend to parse > the offloads. We run Ubuntu 8.04LTS. > > When I founded WildTangent, everything there was LAMP boxes. All the games > checked into a LAMP server. All the backend tools we created were LAMP. > They switched to IIS I believe a few years ago because I can only assume > that Alex St. John (the creator of DirectX) is a Microsoft guy, and our > game technology is based upon Microsoft tech, so it probably didn't look so > good to be running Linux for them. ;-) > > At Lockdown Networks, we sold $50k rack mount units that were all LAMP > based with Ruby backends. These units secured many of the worlds networks > from banks to nuclear reactors to colleges to government/military agencies. > > In all cases, we could have spent thousands to millions on Oracle servers > or used the free alternatives like Postgress. We researched and CHOSE to > use mySQL -- even paying the licensing fees at Lockdown over porting to > Postgress (which we seriously looked into) > > So, I think someone needs to recognize that mySQL and PHP are extremely > powerful and robust tools and are used in VERY ambitious projects. ;-) > > d > > http://daevid.com > > There are only 11 types of people in this world. Those that think binary > jokes are funny, those that don't, and those that don't know binary. > > -- - michael dykman - mdyk...@gmail.com May the Source be with you. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
