Re: richui file upload examples/suggestions

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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