[UPHPU] looking for opinions/ideas

[Chad Sollis]

Greetings,

I am scoping a new enterprise grade web application.  I am simply in
research mode right now, but interested in any feedback from the group as it
relates to ideas on technology, scale, cost efficiency, development,
performance, etc, in addition to creating an environment that talented
engineers could enter and find their way around very easily.

I am planning on using PHP for a variety of reasons using AOSD/SOA style of
architecture.   I am open to other suggestions if the consensus indicates
that is not the right route.

I know this is kind of broad question, if you have experience in even one of
the areas, any feedback is appreciated.

Ideas under consideration:

   - Frameworks / ORM (performance, scale, and customization):
      - Zend
      - Cake
      - Codeigniter
   - Doctrine - Project
      - Propel
   - Database (triggers, procedures, speed and scale)
   - MySQL
      - Postgres
      - Netezza
      - Amazon SimpleDB
   - Architecture (scale)
   - EC2
      - Mosso
      - Terremark
      - Managed Servers

Many Many Thanks for your ideas and suggestions.

~SOL