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Internet visionary Marc Andreessen has taken an interest in PHP (define), an open source programming language some consider a threat to languages, such as Java and Microsoft's Active Server Pages and .NET. The Netscape co-founder along with Informatica Founder Gaurav Dhillon joined the board of directors at Zend Technologies, the top provider of PHP software, services and technical support. The company's two co-creators are the authors of PHP 3, which is what all subsequent versions are based on.
Is it just me, or is Andreesen really over-rated as a visionsary?
Anyway, in my own development, I have moved from the "standard" Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP5 stack, to Linux/Apache/Mod_Python/PostGreSQL. It's a little harder to get started with, and it really helps if you admin your own web and database servers. (It's harder to find mod_python/PostgreSQL hosting.) But if you can use it, it's well worth the effort.
We like to think of our development community as a meritocracy, and in some ways it is. But sometimes stuff becomes popular simply because the company or companies behind it have good marketing departments.
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Anyway, in my own development, I have moved from the "standard" Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP5 stack, to Linux/Apache/Mod_Python/PostGreSQL. It's a little harder to get started with, and it really helps if you admin your own web and database servers. (It's harder to find mod_python/PostgreSQL hosting.) But if you can use it, it's well worth the effort.
We like to think of our development community as a meritocracy, and in some ways it is. But sometimes stuff becomes popular simply because the company or companies behind it have good marketing departments.