Re: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
003 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement I have someone here at my desk arguing that Microsoft's .NET is better than PHP - faster to process, easier and quicker to program, etc. They also (claim) that Microsoft's SQL is much faster and such vs. My

Re: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
but still keep HTTP open... and that's running the notorius IIS :-) Jason Wong wrote: >On Tuesday 18 November 2003 00:27, Mike R wrote: > > >>Actually, their claim is that Microsoft environments are secure - you just >>need the proper firewall (that, basically, the problems with Windows boxes >

Re: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
Dan Joseph wrote: Hi, From my experiences, your coworkers are somewhat correct. I found MySQL to be as fast in most cases, however in databases with millions of records, MySQL started slowing down before the MS SQL did. This is true for inserts but retrievals mysql would still be faster.

Re: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Raditha Dissanayake
I have a friend who is has MCDBA, MCSE and MCSD he had 100% scores for a couple of exams! was a die hard fan of ASP.NET until recently when he discovered PHP. hasn't written any ASP.NET code since. That should tell us something :-) Mike R wrote: I have someone here at my desk arguing that Micr

Re: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Eugene Lee
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:06:37AM -0500, Mike R wrote: : : I have someone here at my desk arguing that Microsoft's .NET is better : than PHP - faster to process, easier and quicker to program, etc. : : They also (claim) that Microsoft's SQL is much faster and such vs. MySQL. Without real benchm

Re: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread John Nichel
Mike R wrote: I have someone here at my desk arguing that Microsoft's .NET is better than PHP - faster to process, easier and quicker to program, etc. I've never coded anything for .NET, so I can't speak to that. However, in all the test my company has ever done, php on Linux/Apache blew the doo

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Wouter van Vliet
Jay Blanchard wrote: > [snip] > I have someone here at my desk arguing that Microsoft's .NET > is better than PHP - faster to process, easier and quicker to > program, etc. > > They also (claim) that Microsoft's SQL is much faster and such vs. > MySQL. > > Any comments to help me defend PHP or

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Brian V Bonini
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 11:27, Mike R wrote: > Actually, their claim is that Microsoft environments are secure - you just > need the proper firewall (that, basically, the problems with Windows boxes > has to do with the firewall, not the OS). > > That one I laughed at. > See how deep seeded the br

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Dan Joseph
Hi, > > Actually, their claim is that Microsoft environments are secure > - you just > > need the proper firewall (that, basically, the problems with > Windows boxes > > has to do with the firewall, not the OS). > > > > That one I laughed at. > > But it's true, you can solve most of the security p

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Mike R
; > > -Original Message- > > From: Mike R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:07 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement > > > > > > > > I have someone here at my desk arguing that

Re: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Jason Wong
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 00:27, Mike R wrote: > Actually, their claim is that Microsoft environments are secure - you just > need the proper firewall (that, basically, the problems with Windows boxes > has to do with the firewall, not the OS). > > That one I laughed at. But it's true, you can s

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread chris . neale
ginal Message- From: Dan Joseph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 November 2003 16:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement Hi, From my experiences, your coworkers are somewhat correct. I found MySQL to be as fast in most cases, however in databases with millio

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Dan Joseph
TED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement > > > > Actually, their claim is that Microsoft environments are secure - you just > need the proper firewall (that, basically, th

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Mike R
ral) is a > secure environment -- just the place to run your important applications. > > > > -- Original Message -- > > From: Mike R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:06:37 AM -0500 > > Subje

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] ... [/snip] http://www.sitepoint.com/article/870 GIS for Microsoft NET vs. PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Dan Joseph
some cases, PHP might have a few more shortcuts. Maybe they're using some visual editors to speed them up? -Dan Joseph > -Original Message- > From: Mike R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

RE: [PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I have someone here at my desk arguing that Microsoft's .NET is better than PHP - faster to process, easier and quicker to program, etc. They also (claim) that Microsoft's SQL is much faster and such vs. MySQL. Any comments to help me defend PHP or to educate me? [/snip] Both 'arguments'

[PHP] Microsoft .NET arguement

2003-11-17 Thread Mike R
I have someone here at my desk arguing that Microsoft's .NET is better than PHP - faster to process, easier and quicker to program, etc. They also (claim) that Microsoft's SQL is much faster and such vs. MySQL. Any comments to help me defend PHP or to educate me? :) -Mike -- PHP General Mail