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My friend Anthony Lewin and I were Macintosh salespeople back in the Dark Times when Jedi Master Jobs was in exile. People would walk in to the store and ask th
by raganwald 16y ago
My friend Anthony Lewin and I were Macintosh salespeople back in the Dark Times when Jedi Master Jobs was in exile. People would walk in to the store and ask the same question:
Convince me: Why should I buy a Mac instead of a PC?
Anthony quickly learned not to feed the trolls. He would say "I don't know. Why would you buy a Mac instead of a PC? Most people buy PCs. What's so special about you that you need what a Mac has to offer?"
The genuinely curious would explain about their graphics needs or what-not, and Anthony would go from there.
I think of Anthony when I see questions like this. My response back to the OP is to ask Why should you use PHP? What's so special about your situation that you need it?
- ndimopoulos 16y ago/bow to the last sentence :)
- hnal943 16y agoDoesn't this fit more appropriately the other way around? "I don't know. Why would you use a language other than PHP? Most people use PHP. What's so special about you that you need what another language has to offer?" In your example, the PC is the inferior but nearly ubiquitous (and easier) choice. Isn't that the position PHP is in as well?