Bizarre Name Resolution/Routing Problem

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, David A. Bandel wrote:
> Maybe overkill, but I had _NOTHING_ that worked between v3 and v4.  I
> anticipate nothing less going to v5.  I must have had a dozen different
> apps.  The v4 upgrade fiasco made me rethink PHP real hard.  I wasted
> weeks, had lots of mad customers (had to downgrade everyone then rework
> the apps or wait for the original authors to do so, some still don't
> work and have been replaced), and had my own system not working way too
> long (more than an hour's downtime is way too long for me).  I now have
> _NO_ PHP apps and will never go back.  Fsck me once, shame on you, fsck
> me twice, shame on me.  I don't run M$ for this reason and now I don't
> run PHP.  I certainly hope the v5 upgrade isn't as bad, but only time
> will tell.  And I can't believe _every_ PHP app I had had bad code or
> that everyone was writing bad code.  Perhaps it was just my luck and the
> apps I chose, but still.  The bad taste remains in my mouth.

Wow, i think you had bad luck.  I've got a vendor supplied PHP3 based app
that is running without a single problem with PHP4.  I feared some kind of
problems, but have had none (and its been deployed for about 6 months
now).

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