Re: Re: [PHP3] PHP for PDAs (Palm Pilots and friends)

recheck the apache pda web site, its an April fools like you said. -Sterling Chad Cunningham wrote: > Erm... > > I'll believe it when I see it. Thought the announcement was made on March > 31, even on that date, the site said Last Updated: 1/04/2000 aka April > Fools Day. Now, the netcraft query seems quite proof indeed, however if at > this current moment you go to netcraft and query www.yahoo.com, you will > note that it indicates that yahoo is currently running on PalmOS - > screenshot at > http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~ccunning/yahoo.jpg if > it's no longer there. Further, if you click on the PalmOS link on > netcraft's site, you'll see at the bottom a note that says "It's april the > first somewhere on the planet!". Further still, netcraft itself seems to > be running the apache module mod_april/1.0 (yet more screenshottage at > http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~ccunning/netcraft.org). Even > further, > you'll note that the "screenshots" for apache on PalmOS are in a directory > called avrilfish, which is the french term for april fools. > > Barring all this overwhelming evidence of an elaborate and quite > entertaining prank, my question would be, why in the world would anyone > need/want apache and php on a palm pilot?! > > On 1 Apr 2000, Manuel Lemos wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Some time ago I suggested that PHP be ported to run under hand-held PDA > > devices like Palm Pilots and friends. There is a lot of potential for PDA > > based Web applications for offline handheld devices. > > > > Just an example, imagine the distributor sales man that is going from store > > to store to taking orders from customers. An offline application based on > > the handheld device is what is most suitable for this. > > > > The advantage of Web based applications is the possibility of large code > > reuse of existing Web applications without the need to learn handheld > > specific technologies like WAP/WML or anything like that. > > > > PHP could be used for this purpose, if there was a PHP version for handheld > > devices. There are several database servers with the support for data > > replication for syncronizing data while the device was offline. > > > > Of we would need Web server that would run on the handheld device. The > > good news is that Apache was just ported to PalmOS. Look here: > > > > http://apachepda.apacheservices.com/ > > > > They are looking for help on porting Perl and PHP to PalmOS. I heard that > > there are volunteers to port Perl already. I wonder if there are any > > volunteers or intention to help on porting PHP to PalmOS. It would be a > > shame if PHP would be left behind on this important breakthrough. > > > > This message is mostly addressed to PHP core developers but I think anybody > > can help. Just go to the page above. > > > > Regards, > > Manuel Lemos > > > > Web Programming Components using PHP Classes. > > Look at: > > http://phpclasses.UpperDesign.com/?user=mlemos@acm.org > > -- > > E-mail: mlemos@acm.org > > URL: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ > > PGP key: http://www.mlemos.e-na.net/ManuelLemos.pgp > > -- > > > > > > > > -- > > Chad Cunningham > ccunning@math.ohio-state.edu > > Only 170 days until RSA Patent expiration! > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net