There may be such a story, but I have not seen it yet. Right now, we see
folks who are in the IBMi camp coming to PHP. About the closest we
would come would be a customer that purchased HarrisData because they
wanted to stay on the i5 and they liked the fact that the front end is
getting moved from Net.Data to PHP. For HarrisData, it is beginning
with their customer zone and will move on from there:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20080812/bs_prweb/prweb1201344_3;_ylt=AoC6
XhbU68Dn1.N8PZDvlqS8r70F;_ylu=X3oDMTA4Nm4ycjRuBHNlYwNuZXdz
We are revamping the Zend website with new case studies that should be
up soon. Will keep an eye out. Remember, it is the solutions that sell
hardware, not necessarily the tools. All those AS/400's in the 80's &
90's went out the door with SSA BPCS and JD Edwards World, etc. on them.
As we see more ERP opportunities in the IBMi space written in PHP or
with PHP front ends that is when I expect to start selling hardware.
For now, we are simply one damn good reason not to jump off! Momentum
is certainly building...
Regards,
Mike
Also, check out the i5 content at ZendCon 2008 - Our annual PHP
ConferenceSeptember 15-18:
www.zendcon.com
-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 6:47 AM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Getting started with Net.data - was
-I'dbetterdomorethan talk
Does Zend have any public PHP "success stories" of PHP on the IBMi? I
know
lots on this forum have had success, but they were already on the IBMi.
I
am looking for a story where somebody actually made the move and
provided
reasons for WHY they chose the more expensive IBMi over other servers.
It would be great to see IBMSystemsMag.com do such a story!
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Mike Pavlak <Mike.Pavlak@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In my experience, All the PHP developers I have met that have been
asked
to work on and IBMi have little trouble moving to the IBMi. Many
actually enjoy it :-) There is a sect in the PHP community longing to
support PHP in an enterprise environment.
I think the IBMi is easier to learn and understand than the dark art
of
Linux. IMHO...
And yes, the i5-toolkit in Zend Core is pretty easy to use, but not
necessary for straight SQL calls to the DB.
Regards,
Mike
Also, check out the i5 content at ZendCon 2008 - Our annual PHP
ConferenceSeptember 15-18:
www.zendcon.com
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