Re: [XPOST from WDSCI-L] Webfacing out, EGL in

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Gibbs wrote:
> I would venture to guess that most organizations that use basic PHP (on 
> any platform) do not have a support contract with Zend.
>
> Lots of general PHP support available on the 'net.  I suspect most 
> organizations avail themselves of that.
>   
Not sure what your point is here.  I don't consider basic PHP to be a 
viable production web application environment any more than I consider 
LAMP to be a replacement for an i.   That's why I brought up support in 
the first place.  Everything you write with EGL or Java using WDSC or 
RDi or RDi-SOA is in the end supported by IBM.  That's one of the 
reasons I'm so fond of EGL; the support from the development team is 
very, very good, as is always the case with IBM development.

I'm less sanguine about the support received from open source 
communities.  Sometimes it's very good, sometimes not so good.  That's 
why when I talk about PHP as part of an enterprise environment, I am not 
considering an environment where PHP.net is your primary resource.  Once 
you go down the pure open source route, then why not Ruby?  Or Python?  
The possibilities are endless!

Some companies may be willing to do that, and I'm not saying it's 
wrong.  But I'd guess that a lot of companies are unwilling to commit 
their mission critical systems to a web-supported open source 
development environment.  And that's where the discussion of Java EE vs. 
RPG-CGI vs. PHP vs. EGL comes into play.

Joe