NYCPHP Meetup

[Bryan Richard]

On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 14:03, Carlos A Hoyos wrote:
> I didn't see M. Radwin's speak on phpcon, but for what I read in the
> slideshow, it seemed that he was "making the case" on a personal basis,
> rather than a formal yahoo statement.
> But I've also seen some (few) headlines about the "portal giant embracing
> PHP for new development".
> 
> Anybody has an idea of what's happening with yahoo and php?

Hi,

I'm the Program Chair for PHPCon so I might know a little bit.

Some of the CNET headlines may have been a bit leading, but Yahoo! is
indeed actively using PHP for some of its community applications. While
Michael gave more of the Yahoo! business case for PHP session, Jeremy
Zawodny (http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/cat_php.html) gave a
talk on the rollout of one of Yahoo!'s first large-scale PHP-based apps
-- a 9/11 tribute -- and some of the pros and cons associated with PHP
applications and needing to serve an absurd amount of pages.

We had a number of Yahoo! engineers attend the conference and the
general feeling I got was that PHP is something that has proved itself
at Yahoo! and will be used in future projects. 

/begin plug

And, as PHPCon will be in New York in the Spring, if anyone has any
questions on the conference, I would be more than happy to answer them.
I know I certainly have a few for this group. ;-)

/end plug

-- 
Bryan

bryan at php-con.com    -   www.php-con.com