baalbek wrote:
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> 
> Someone (I think at the ActiveGrid site: http://www.activegrid.com ) 
> mentioned LAMP as the greatest thing open source had to offer!
> 
> I beg to differ!

As have many here, many times before.

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> 
> Let's get rid of this LAMP thing, and instead start using LARF 
> (Linux/Apache/Ruby/Firebird)... now there's a killer combination!

While I'm sympathetic to the sentiment ("LAMP Considered Harmful" sums 
it up for me), I'm still not enthusiastic about replacing one rigid 
acronym with another, preferring that people be encouraged to think 
carefully and choose the best tools for the job rather than opt for some 
coincidental subset based on certain initials.



James