Comments on: Time to set my phasers on “kill” (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 4/5) http://terrychay.com/blog/article/enterprise-scalability.shtml You tell that other boy, not to touch the woodwork... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: Michelangelo van Dam http://terrychay.com/blog/article/enterprise-scalability.shtml#comment-397590 Michelangelo van Dam Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:37:00 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/?p=666#comment-397590 For me enterprise goes beyond Sci Fi and marketing terms (I'm a developer with no time for TV or marketing BS). When people talk about "enterprise development skills", they just want to know if I'm capable of: - doing development in a team (I contribute to open-source projects, bozo) - reading uml diagrams (my favorite porn graphs) - being analytical (hmm, how to solve something without knowing the issue) - knowing marketing terms (I'm a smoker, often with marketing boys) - willing to work (why else would they hire consultants) - having a flexible work schedule (oh, no 9-5 job then ?!?) But CIO Mag just made the mistake of assuming PHP wasn't ready for big, mission critical application development ("enterprise level" ???), insulting anyone who's doing just that. And I've been doing that since 2001, so I take the insult personally. BTW, I love this article Terry ! Wish I was as good with words as you. And thanks for quoting me. Michelangelo van Dam Certified Zend PHP Engineer For me enterprise goes beyond Sci Fi and marketing terms (I’m a developer with no time for TV or marketing BS). When people talk about “enterprise development skills”, they just want to know if I’m capable of:
- doing development in a team (I contribute to open-source projects, bozo)
- reading uml diagrams (my favorite porn graphs)
- being analytical (hmm, how to solve something without knowing the issue)
- knowing marketing terms (I’m a smoker, often with marketing boys)
- willing to work (why else would they hire consultants)
- having a flexible work schedule (oh, no 9-5 job then ?!?)

But CIO Mag just made the mistake of assuming PHP wasn’t ready for big, mission critical application development (”enterprise level” ???), insulting anyone who’s doing just that. And I’ve been doing that since 2001, so I take the insult personally.

BTW, I love this article Terry ! Wish I was as good with words as you. And thanks for quoting me.

Michelangelo van Dam
Certified Zend PHP Engineer

]]> By: Fazal Majid http://terrychay.com/blog/article/enterprise-scalability.shtml#comment-372602 Fazal Majid Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:14:34 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/?p=666#comment-372602 Enterprise is an adjective used only by software vendors. Like "gourmet" or "premium", iti s meant to induce warm fuzzy feelings of smugness in the purchaser and justify jacking up the price. Because it is latin and not anglo-saxon in origin, and thus never used in everyday speech, it is not devalued of totemic importance to the idiots who care about such things. CIOs are IS/DP flunkies who report to CFOs and have delusions of grandeur that they belong in the executive suite. CIO magazine is a crock. I have no idea who could have deliberately subscribed to this magazine. You forget to uncheck a checkbox somewhere, and wham!, you are subscribed. It's the AOL CD of the trade magazine world. Enterprise is an adjective used only by software vendors. Like “gourmet” or “premium”, iti s meant to induce warm fuzzy feelings of smugness in the purchaser and justify jacking up the price. Because it is latin and not anglo-saxon in origin, and thus never used in everyday speech, it is not devalued of totemic importance to the idiots who care about such things.

CIOs are IS/DP flunkies who report to CFOs and have delusions of grandeur that they belong in the executive suite. CIO magazine is a crock. I have no idea who could have deliberately subscribed to this magazine. You forget to uncheck a checkbox somewhere, and wham!, you are subscribed. It’s the AOL CD of the trade magazine world.

]]> By: Luke Welling http://terrychay.com/blog/article/enterprise-scalability.shtml#comment-355708 Luke Welling Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:12:15 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/?p=666#comment-355708 I think you are missing William Shatner's best work. I don't think his cover of Common People got airplay here, but it is easy to find. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00136PN9S/ref=dm_dp_trk1&tag=terrychay-20 I think you are missing William Shatner’s best work. I don’t think his cover of Common People got airplay here, but it is easy to find.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00136PN9S/ref=dm_dp_trk1&tag=terrychay-20

]]> By: The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Sinking a Fleet of Fail (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 3/5) http://terrychay.com/blog/article/enterprise-scalability.shtml#comment-355618 The Woodwork » Blog Archive » Sinking a Fleet of Fail (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 3/5) Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:15:32 +0000 http://terrychay.com/blog/?p=666#comment-355618 [...] « Even the Pros are Cons (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 2/5) Time to set my phasers on “kill” (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 4/5) [...] [...] « Even the Pros are Cons (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 2/5) Time to set my phasers on “kill” (PHP and Enterprise Scalability Part 4/5) [...]

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