> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Always Learning > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 9:40 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Upgrade from 5.6 => 5.7 > > > On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 18:08 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > > > an accounting system thats in plain HTML would be > incredibly clunky to > > use. you really want to do this in ajax/jquery or whatever so its > > more interactive > > No thank you. HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL are my chosen tools > for my systems. > > I have written 20+ complete systems using these and found > them to be fast and very effective. Everyone who has seen my > HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL systems has been favourably impressed > (me too!). MySQL is a fast database system. Never ever used a > SQL join or view, just well designed databases with carefully > planned tables - that is the art of good programming. > > Ajax/Jquery is someone else's parametrised programming > language. It adds complexity and overhead to what is > fundamentally a very basic task. Ajax etc. seem to appeal to > people who are not good (or natural) programmers. > Ajax etc. is like programming with boxing gloves on and > taking several weeks to do it. If they want to use it, let them. > > > also, I'd suggest using postgresql for better data integrity, and > > anything-but-php (Python?) for better webside security. > > I have been using MySQL on Linux for about 4 years and never > had a problem. What security issues has PHP ? I, like you have been using mysql/php for ecommerce since 2003. Never had and issue except RHEL/CentOS is about a release behind everyone else. Stability is one thing, holding back is another when Fedora is 3 or 4 release ahead. Again, not CentOS's fault.