WIMP. Not Weakly Interacting Massive Particles of dark matter fame. Windows, IIS7, MSSQL, PHP; Microsoft is going after the LAMP markets. I suspect they have a pretty good chance of converting quite a few customers. This means DBA's should be prepared. Hopefully, it will be better to support than JAVA and SQL Server :)
There are substantial improvements in IIS7(IIS6 with an addon) for PHP support through the Fast CGI open protocol and other enhancements through the Zend partnership.
Microsoft has also released the PHP Driver for SQL Server CTP. More info can be found on the team blog.
I don't have much more info on the PHP driver but I am going to keep up with it. There is a time and place for everything. If MS delivers as good or better than LAMP, why reinvent the wheel in .net when an enterprise ready production proven open source app is the right answer. For example, Word Press. Now there are a million variables that go into that decision but having options in your toolbox can't be a bad thing.
ALT HEAD: Honey, turn off the LAMP.
posted @ Friday, March 21, 2008 8:33 PM by DotNetKicks.com
posted @ Monday, November 10, 2008 9:06 AM by bmrpioefh
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