You should also take a look at some of the case studies on zend.com as well. I seem to remember articles on the Navy and the Indy500.
Also, search the archives for "Yahoo Moves to PHP" for some articles and slides on Yahoo's decision to start using PHP for new stuff. -philip On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Evan Nemerson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Okay, it took me a long (expletive deleted) time, so I figured I should share. > Here is a list of popular web sites running Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Linux. If > there are any errors, I apologize. This is not meant to be a definitive work. > In fact, I wasn't even planning on posting it... until i looked at the clock > ;) > > This list is designed to convice teh boss (no type-o). If your boss is a > bandwagon kind of guy, afraid to take risks, this is for you- er- him. And > you. Him in that he can read it, you in that if he accepts LAMP, you're life > will be a much more joyous existance ;) > > > > - -------------------------------- > Apache: > > By far the most popular web server, with 60.54% market share. Its > closest competitor, Microsoft's IIS, has 28.89%. If all variants of > each server are counted, Apache's install base increases to 62.17%, > while IIS manages 29.42%). Statistics are from > http://www.netcraft.net/survey > > Apache users: > Yahoo! > Amazon.com > AltaVista > BBC > mp3.com > SlashDot > HP > W3C > IBM > Verizon > FEMA > Infoseek > > > PHP: > > In April 2002, PHP overtook ASP as the #1 server-side scripting > language on the internet. In April, PHP was used by 24% of the > sites on the Internet. Over the past two years PHP has averaged > a 6.5% monthly growth rate. Source: zend.com/news/zendpr.php?id=49 > > PHP users: > Cisco > CMG > Vodafone > Motorola > Siemens > Ericsson > CBS > Unilever > Philips > BMC > NTT > Air Canada > Lufthansa > OnVista > Lycos Europe > Deutsche Bank > NASA > W3C > > > MySQL: > > It isn't as easy to determine which database a site uses, but here > is a list of sites that do use MySQL, according to MySQL.com: > > Yahoo! Finance > Texas Instruments > U.S. Census Bureau > NASA > Omaha Steaks > Slashdot > Cross Media Marketing Corp > Powell's Books > Department of Academic Information Systems > Avacom Net Services > Blue World Communications > CoreSense > Ericsson > handy.de > mobile.de > Nemo-Q > Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. > Virage > > > Linux: > > I can't find a list for this... I figured these out by trying big > sites that came to mind. I didn't encounter a single Microsoft site, > but I did get a few *BSD sites, and several Solaris sites. > > FBI > Google > Amazon > AltaVista > Slashdot > Verizon > FEMA > CNN > > > Security: > > Here's a list of security companies/groups that run any LAMP component: > Security Focus (LA) > Symantec (L) > CERT (LA) > Packet Storm (A) > FBI (L) > OSVDB (LA) > At Stake (LA) > Netcraft (LA) > TESO (L) > Phenoelit (LA) > Doxpara (LAP) > NGS Software (LAMP) > PivX (LAP) > Grey Magic (LAMP) > Phrack (AP) > *** > It should be noted that just because a component doesn't appear in the list > doesn't mean it's not running. The only way I could figure out MySQL was > sending > a SYN to TCP/3306. If I got a SYN|ACK, I put an M. MySQL could be (should be) > firewalled off, and infosec people know this. Also, infosec people tend to > play > with banners (hehe look @ TESO's - teso.scene.at), so it's entirely possible > they're hiding something... > > Out of all the infosec sites I tried, I managed to find two Microsofts: NAI > and > Verisign. I didn't bother with ntbugtraq, windowssecurity, etc- then again, I > didn't bother with linuxsecurity, root prompt, etc. Only went with groups who > pay > attention to all OS's... Phrack and OSVDB are a little biased, but they are > still > cross-platform. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE9ygtO/rncFku1MdIRAmQpAJ9d+KkYSLhMriuZtI9jsjp3CAmZrACfaWJK > Tf0R0hEMSICjAi6v9nz67GU= > =Jj3Q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
