On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:36:22 -0700, "Daniel C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 11/8/06, Jonathan Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That could mean anything from "Our DBA has looked into things and knows > > X and Y would be hellish to port" to "he's just scared of something > > new." > > He's been trained extensively and formally on MS SQL, and informally > on Oracle. Scared of new stuff does not describe him.
So what are his objections? That's sort of material here. :) > As for the cost of switching languages - I learned PHP in about a > week. I can't imagine it would take significantly longer to learn > Python, and the productivity gains from Django would be pretty > significant. Are there good PHP frameworks that we could use instead? I was by no means suggesting sticking with PHP, just that giving in to the urge to rewrite with the latest and greatest isn't always the best use of development time. :) -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
