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[Blieb]

As a former LAMPer turned M$er.

I like C# better. I miss mySQL sometimes.

I do NOT like Sharepoint, DotNetNuke, CRM, or the other prebundled sh!t ... mostly because it's always implemented in clusterf*ck fashion. Though I'm sure if I were trained on it I could appreciate and rock it out.

 

[VenomXTF]

Originally posted by: EricMartello

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I offer windows VPS's wink wink

I missed your shameless plug. Woops. 🙂

Originally posted by: VenomXTF
Would love to hear the logic behind this statement.

kyzen, here's some ASP.NET hosting I've seen recommended:

http://www.crystaltech.com/
http://www.serverintellect.com/
http://www.jodohost.com/
http://www.discountasp.net/

- PHP can do anything that .NET can do - if not more.
- It works as well as or better than .NET in terms of performance.
- It has a huge dev community which makes finding support is easy.
- Almost every web host supports it, so PHP apps are very portable.
- There are no licensing fees associated with it - lower TCO.
- It has great support and performance with Apache, which is a better web server than IIS.


The list goes on...

Anyone who has extensively worked with both platforms would disagree with you on pretty much all your points. Honestly, it sounds like (and I could be wrong) you've only done some basic websites in PHP and never did any .NET development. Both have their advantages, yet you failed to list any of the actual advantages for PHP. There was really no reason for you to come into this thread and start pimping PHP.

I have worked with both platforms professionally, and JSP/Java a long time ago. Currently managing .NET development. If you really care enough to know which platform is better for what just google it.

 

[Train]

I love how the clueless play the "omg M$ is teh eval you have to pay meeelions for C# !!!"

C# is a certified ISO standard. Sure MS created it, but the whole spec is public and standardized. So if you wanted to you could use that spec to create an ISO compliant compiler of your own....

MS even SUPPORTS (as in, gives money to and even contributes code to) open source C# compilers (aka Mono) which are even cross platform.

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: EricMartello
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- PHP can do anything that .NET can do - if not more.

No, it can do far less. I can write friggin Xbox Games that utilize DirectX in .Net. Php has nothing even close to that.

I can write windows services, desktop apps in C# and use the same code I used for web apps. Try recycling PHP for use in a desktop app or a service.

- It works as well as or better than .NET in terms of performance.

Every benchmark I've seen has .Net being faster

- It has a huge dev community which makes finding support is easy.

If you mean a bunch of script kiddies, then ya, theres tons of phpbb's out there packed with them. You want some pro devs? check out a .Net forum

- Almost every web host supports it, so PHP apps are very portable.

FACT: Every server that can run PHP can run Mono

- There are no licensing fees associated with it - lower TCO.

C# and .Net are FREE as in BEER

- It has great support and performance with Apache, which is a better web server than IIS.

Support? Who supports PHP for free?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

lul

- It works as well as or better than .NET in terms of performance.

From Code Complete (which I'm guessing you haven't read)
Execution Time Relative to C++
C# - 1:1
PHP - >100:1

yeah...

- PHP can do anything that .NET can do - if not more.

Really? I wasn't aware that PHP had an equivalent to WPF in the UI field. I'd be very interested to hear about it, assuming it doesn't exist solely in your head. And presumably PHP has a built-in query language comparable to LINQ? And obviously it must have O/RM solutions similar to the Entity Framework. Oh and of course I'm certain PHP has something similar to Workflow solutions. I could go on...

 

[Fritzo]

My company could probably help you out, but I don't want to plug them on ATOT. Send me a PM and I'll see what I can get for you.