Re: richui file upload examples/suggestions

Silly me. I just ran with the recent EGL attacks on PHP that were happening
on this forum, and thought I should participate. Lucky I didn't slam his
choice of forums or anything <grin><smile>:-)

Your point is well spoken. EGL lists should not be used to slam, or promote
PHP. Thanks for that.


On 7/14/09 2:53 PM, "Pete Helgren" <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, it was just my pragmatism kicking in. The OP posted to the EGL
list, not the WEB400 list, so I assumed he was looking for an EGL
solution (silly me!).

PHP is valid, yes, if it is in the "I do this in PHP how would I do that
in EGL?" kind of question. Your post, however, seemed to be a blatant
"Forget EGL, do it in PHP" without the OP even mentioning that they were
looking for a PHP, or any other solution.

I am trying to avoid the noise of turf wars and instead want to focus on
offering help to those who need it in the EGL arena. Pointing them to
another solution is like Steve Richter pointing folks to the benefits of
Microsoft on the Midrange list: It might be fun but it isn't relevant to
the discussion unless an OP specifically asked for alternatives to IBM
i. Otherwise is it just hype, opinion and noise.

Let's focus on helping EGL programmers with EGL solutions and, if we
come up short, point them to other *lists* where they can get their
issues resolved. Pointing Tim to the WEB400 list to post for other
solutions would have been the more "helpful" suggestion if your goal was
to migrate him to PHP primarily because he can get additional help there
on PHP if he heads down that path.

I understand your point, I just didn't see Tim looking for anything but
an EGL solution.

Pete