But you don't mention why those "conservative verticals in government, banking and healthcare" are choosing Java. Isn't that because of:
1) the better scalability of Java;
2) the fact that Java is better suited for complex mission-critical applications, for the reasons that Itkovian pointed out.
If scalability is an issue and hardware cost is not an issue, I would opt for Java too.
On the other hand, PHP runs very efficiently, even on small hardware footprints, is tightly integrated with the web server, and is better suited for agile development by amateurs.
Interesting post, and I agree with it.
But you don't mention why those "conservative verticals in government, banking and healthcare" are choosing Java. Isn't that because of:
1) the better scalability of Java;
2) the fact that Java is better suited for complex mission-critical applications, for the reasons that Itkovian pointed out.
If scalability is an issue and hardware cost is not an issue, I would opt for Java too.
On the other hand, PHP runs very efficiently, even on small hardware footprints, is tightly integrated with the web server, and is better suited for agile development by amateurs.
April 29, 2006 - 12:14