Comments on: Facebook, Spurned by Twitter, Goes for the Consolation Prize http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/2009/08/11/facebook-spurned-by-twitter-goes-for-the-consolation-prize/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ray Valdes http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/2009/08/11/facebook-spurned-by-twitter-goes-for-the-consolation-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Ray Valdes Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:43:38 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/?p=84#comment-306 Though I much prefer Python to PHP, I probably would bend to pragmatism -- the right tool for the right job, and all that. Sometimes the right tool is not the language per se, but the aggregated ecosystem of proven open-source packages (from Mediawiki to Wordpress to PunBB) that are written in PHP. Fortunately, the collection around Python is growing, from Jaiku to Pinax (which I need to explore). Though I much prefer Python to PHP, I probably would bend to pragmatism — the right tool for the right job, and all that.

Sometimes the right tool is not the language per se, but the aggregated ecosystem of proven open-source packages (from Mediawiki to WordPress to PunBB) that are written in PHP. Fortunately, the collection around Python is growing, from Jaiku to Pinax (which I need to explore).

]]> By: a http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/2009/08/11/facebook-spurned-by-twitter-goes-for-the-consolation-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-305 a Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:13:48 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/?p=84#comment-305 As a happy Python coder, I don't know if I'd take a PHP job for even a million dollars. As a happy Python coder, I don’t know if I’d take a PHP job for even a million dollars.

]]> By: Rich http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/2009/08/11/facebook-spurned-by-twitter-goes-for-the-consolation-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Rich Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:38:46 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/?p=84#comment-301 If I wasn't much into facebook before why would I be interested in looking at friendfeed now? I think after a day's reflection, with friendfeed "gone", that this event mainly creates and reinforces more interest in twitter. Brilliant move twitter! If I wasn’t much into facebook before why would I be interested in looking at friendfeed now? I think after a day’s reflection, with friendfeed “gone”, that this event mainly creates and reinforces more interest in twitter. Brilliant move twitter!

]]> By: Tech http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/2009/08/11/facebook-spurned-by-twitter-goes-for-the-consolation-prize/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Tech Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:44:11 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/ray_valdes/?p=84#comment-298 I think Facebook has bitten off more than it can chew. I think Facebook has bitten off more than it can chew.

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