It's time for java to DIE
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:18 am
I move a lot. The following is very common. I talk to the manager of X place. He is very proud.
manager: "Yes, our platform runs on J2EE, struts or spring, hibernate and we use some XML, yada, yada, yada. "
me: How many user do you have?"
manager: "About a 100".
me: "Can I see the application?"
Then he shows me a couple of edit, update and search windows.
Give me a freaking break!!!! You don't need all that crap. What happened to KISS?
I use to work for a newspaper. I developed a php classifieds application it was connected to Sybase. There was absolutely nothing special about it. No mem cache or any special tweaks. It was even running on Windows Server as CGI. Still the application handled millions of request each month and we never had a single problem.
I am still waiting to see a place that actually need all that junk running. I am not saying the place does not exists. But maybe it is as rare as a Logness Monster sighting.
Not every problem needs a nuclear weapon to be solved. Unless you have to kill a 200 ton whale, 1 single shot pistol will do the trick.
If companies start to recognize this, there will be more job opportunities for php developers and most importantly php will be viewed as a very strong business solution. Maybe Zend could do a better job to improve PHP' s business image.
Many companies believe that the only real solution out there is Java(And all the stuff behind it). By just looking at monster.com you can see this is true.
I stand by PHP. It has never let me down. Now I am playing with php-gtk for desktop multi-platform development. What else can you ask for??
What are your thoughts?
manager: "Yes, our platform runs on J2EE, struts or spring, hibernate and we use some XML, yada, yada, yada. "
me: How many user do you have?"
manager: "About a 100".
me: "Can I see the application?"
Then he shows me a couple of edit, update and search windows.
Give me a freaking break!!!! You don't need all that crap. What happened to KISS?
I use to work for a newspaper. I developed a php classifieds application it was connected to Sybase. There was absolutely nothing special about it. No mem cache or any special tweaks. It was even running on Windows Server as CGI. Still the application handled millions of request each month and we never had a single problem.
I am still waiting to see a place that actually need all that junk running. I am not saying the place does not exists. But maybe it is as rare as a Logness Monster sighting.
Not every problem needs a nuclear weapon to be solved. Unless you have to kill a 200 ton whale, 1 single shot pistol will do the trick.
If companies start to recognize this, there will be more job opportunities for php developers and most importantly php will be viewed as a very strong business solution. Maybe Zend could do a better job to improve PHP' s business image.
Many companies believe that the only real solution out there is Java(And all the stuff behind it). By just looking at monster.com you can see this is true.
I stand by PHP. It has never let me down. Now I am playing with php-gtk for desktop multi-platform development. What else can you ask for??
What are your thoughts?