Developer.com shines a light on LAMP today, talking a look in their latest article at one of the more misunderstood setups in the online world.

Although it still hasn't reached the height of cocktail conversation, LAMP has come a long way, building momentum among developers and reaching the ears of C-level executives and boardrooms of some of the world's leading organizations as they consider the bottom line: Can LAMP deliver a more flexible, low-cost environment?

There's no code here, but he does go through what LAMP is, who's using it, how it all fits together, what the parts consist of, and a brief section on why you should choose a LAMP setup for your site.

This is mainly a high-level piece that you might send along to your favorite manager who has been right on that edge of moving away from a certain large Redmond-based company...