Perhaps people should contact him, or the magazine and make logical, well
thought out arguments as to why the article was in error.
Be careful that you don't attack him or accuse him of being an idiot, or
biased. Just point out reasons why database abstraction is a bad idea,
etc.
I highly doubt that Larry Seltzer or any of the ZDNet editors read this
newsgroup, so our griping here won't do anything to correct the erroneous
article.
If enough of us do this, he or his editor will either retract the article
and/or readdress the issue with the attention it deserves.
If there are any writers here, why not write a counter article and see if
ZDNet wants to publish it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dickerson, Monty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: May 8, 2001 1:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] anti-advocacy: Larry Seltzer, pcmag May'01 pub.
> Importance: Low
>
>
> Today boss comes in and says, "Seen pcmag's story about php? says it is
> bad." Argh:
> http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2711724,00.html
>
> What's the scoop on Larry Seltzer anyway. You here, Larry? His review
is
> rather 1-sided, negative. Not good for free software's encroachment
into
> the corporate zone. Of course the points he raises are all true
> and widely
> known. He mentions only one strength.
>
> I don't think Larry has actually been in the trenches doing real
> work on the
> web. Either that or he is/was paid to do it with Micro$oft ASP
> or Allaire's
> Cold Fusion. Maybe he is on the payroll of one of these? It's a
> possibility that should be investigated.
>
> Thanks for nothing, Larry Seltzer.
>
> Cheers,
> MD
>
>
>
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