[Social-discuss] Re: The Next Step

[Brylie Oxley]

> * The current state of low-cost web hosting makes PHP and MySQL the
> clear contenders as the development platform of choice, much to the
> chagrin of some.
>    
Language choice is not simply a matter of chagrin. It is a matter of 
freedom and cooperation. Lets keep talking about how to unify 
development efforts in many languages (and locales) by developing a 
robust protocol and allowing creative minds to flourish by using 
development methods of preference.

Secondly, languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby are commonly 
supported on cheap web hosts including 1and1, Arvixe, BlueHost, 
DreamHost, FastDomain, FatCow, GoDaddy, Greenville, HostClear, 
HostGator, HostMonster, iPage, ixWebHosting, JustHost, MochaHost, to 
name several.

I am a novice programmer but I see projects such as JRuby, Jython, and 
Scala which are gluing together languages and development paradigms. 
While I recognize the importance of development on a ubiquitous language 
such as PHP, I don't think that we should segregate our community at 
such an early stage, if at all. We need Solidarity.

--Brylie Oxley
GNU.media Intern
The Woolman Semester

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