Re: Getting started with Net.data - was -I'dbetterdomorethan talk

Aaron,

BINGO!!! What you suggest is the sort of thing that can be shown to the non-i crowd/CIO to help sway them from the "dark side" to the i which is a BIG uphill battle.

Dave

"Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> 8/18/2008 04:47 >>>

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 ( 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


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