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LAMP SCHMAMPLAMP SCHMAMPPosted Apr 11, 2008 7:10 UTC (Fri) by Tuxie (guest, #47191)Parent article: Mickos, As New Sun Exec: Linux Will Stay In LAMP (InformationWeek)
PLEASE let the LAMP acronym die already! There are so many alternatives in Free Software land. L: Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, several more. A: Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd, dozens more. M: MySQL, PostgreSQL, FirebirdSQL, SQLite, and more... P: PHP, Ruby, Python, Perl, Groovy, Scala, Tcl, Smalltalk, Lisp, the list can go on forever. In many cases there are valid reasons to go with a Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHP solution but more often than not I feel that the reason is because of a stupid acronym rather than a real decision. DO NOT BASE YOUR TECHNICAL DECISIONS ON CATCHY BUZZWORD ACRONYMS!
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LAMP SCHMAMP Posted Apr 11, 2008 15:28 UTC (Fri) by mheily (guest, #27123) [Link] I agree. LAMP is a marketing term that sounds pleasing to English-speaking people. If GNU, FLOSS, and Linux weren't such terrible sounding names, we could use them instead. From now on, I will recommend using the OWDP stack for web-enabled applications. O - Operating system W - Webserver D - Database server P - Programming language
LAMP SCHMAMP Posted Apr 11, 2008 15:42 UTC (Fri) by cyrus (guest, #36858) [Link] Actually, the way Linus pronounces Linux sounds pretty nice. Here in Germany, it's pronounced the same. I agree that it sounds rather terrible when it's mispronounced.
LAMP SCHMAMP Posted Apr 12, 2008 17:02 UTC (Sat) by rjamestaylor (guest, #339) [Link] May I recommend:O - Operating system W - Webserver D - Database server P - Programming language Yeah, I'm a SysAdmin at a hosting company...P - Programming language W - Webserver N - Network OS D - Database
LAMP SCHMAMP Posted Apr 12, 2008 18:16 UTC (Sat) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link] How about just: "Free Software Web stack"? "Open Source web services"? Solaris (or at least a version of it), Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Apache, Lighttp, Mysql, Postgresql, SQLite, Derby, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Java (at least a version of it) etc etc. Who wants to try to figure out how to pronounce SLFOALMPSDPPPRJ?!
OWDP SCHWOWDP Posted Apr 14, 2008 6:07 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] From now on, I will recommend using the OWDP stack for web-enabled applications.Great: that way Microsoft will be able to hijack your acronym (with Windows, IIS, SQL Server, ASP.NET) with total impunity. At least throw in a "free" somewhere, so they feel ashamed of doing it.
OWDP SCHWOWDP Posted Apr 14, 2008 6:58 UTC (Mon) by Tuxie (guest, #47191) [Link] Microsoft Windows ASP.NET Microsoft SQL Server IIS
LAMP SCHMAMP Posted Apr 17, 2008 17:09 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link] Well, obviously the database underpins the entire structure. And the purpose of the webserver is simply to, er, escort the application to its clients. So I suggest that the new acronym should reflect this: D -atabase O -perating system P -rogramming language E -scort service
LAMP SCHMAMP Posted Apr 18, 2008 20:38 UTC (Fri) by kevinbsmith (guest, #4778) [Link] As someone who feels that (relational) databases are overused, I'll agree that DOPE is a great acronym for any system that forces you to have a database even when you don't want one. Rails, I'm looking at you!
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