> > No need - there is only one possible slogan.
> >
> > Firebird - Simply the best!
>
> No need?
>
> Lester, you are a PHP man. Consider this. The LAMP stack is a
> phenomenal success, largely driven by PHP. I would estimate that 15%
> of the world's database installations are back-ends to PHP
> applications. Yet Firebird is using an antiquated Interbase PHP
> driver and Firebird is rarely supported "out-of-the-box" by major PHP
> application frameworks (e.g. PHProjekt). It is clear that the PHP
> community does not know that Firebird is "simply the best". This is
> our fault, not theirs.
>
> What are PHP developers looking for? What arguments would make them
> switch? If I am informed correctly, PHP5 no longer compiles in MySQL
> support by default -- there is an opportunity out there.
>
> Have you noticed how PHP apps have to distribute MySQL scripts to
> create the database? That you cannot "xcopy" install a MySQL
> database, even though the rest of the app can be xcopy installed?
> Wouldn't you think that PHP developers would like xcopy install
> sequences?
>
> Low end sites will probably use SQLLite, but what will larger, mid-
> market installations use? Which arguments would you use to make the
> case for Firebird? How do you communicate that in 5 seconds?

Lester could start by writing a white-paper on LAFP :-)
Or, as with psql (who call it "brighter lamp"), FLAMP...

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server
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