Just for the record, as someone who worked on web apps in 1999, we used Perl + MySql. No, they were nowhere near as effective as those tools and others are tod

Just for the record, as someone who worked on web apps in 1999, we used Perl + MySql. No, they were nowhere near as effective as those tools and others are today, but I didn't know anyone using a mainframe. We did use expensive Sun gear instead of cheap linux boxes, though.