
.NET vs PHP - really?
hmmm, I don't usually pipe up in these comment sections however it is a slow day and I am nursing a large hangover, so here we go...
@Kevin - I really don't think you can compare .NET to PHP at all (for example how can I write a desktop app or windows service in PHP?). However I imagine you are just talking about web development. Even here the comparison doesn't hold up. As an example could you please post code in PHP to do some of the following;
1. Select a certificate, negotiate with a WS-Secuirty compliant web service, authenticate and consume (even Java has a few standards problems here which require programmatic work arounds)
2. Create an Active Directory Group and User
3. Set filesystem permissions explicitly on a file (e.g. one that you allow users to upload)
4. Programmatically Impersonate a specific user account on the server for accessing well secured resources
By having acess to the full .NET framework, ASP.NET allows much more sophisticated applications to be implemented and deployed over HTTP (don't forget the intranet setting so important to the enterprise) that possible in PHP.
Anyway, although the average Reg comments poster will no doubt disagree, I love .NET and find programming in it a pleasure.
:)