Re: PECL != Siberia

mlwmohawk@mohawksoft.com (mlwmohawk@mohawksoft.com) wrote: > Dan Allen Wrote: > > Tomas V.V.Cox (cox@idecnet.com) wrote: > > > >> "Stig S. Bakken" wrote: > >> > > >> > You tell me :) We currently have no nice way of bootstrapping PEAR > >> > on Windows like we have on Unix (with "make install-pear-installer" > >> > and go-pear). What would be the most sensible way of giving Windows > >> > users something ala go-pear? > >> > > >> > >> What about: > >> > >> <prompt> php -r "include > >> 'http://pear.php.net/go-pear';" > >> > >> > >> Tomas V.V.Cox > >> > > > > I really don't understand why people even want to run this stuff on > > windows. Call me arrogant, but just use Linux for crying out loud. > > Doesn't this debate make it clear that windows just sux when it > > comes to doing anything remotely complicated. IMHO. I had to say it. > > But if you feel that you have all the time in the world, > >support crappy OSes. > > Sadly, we live in a world in which the most use OS is crap. Like it or > not, Windows is used more widely than Linux, FreeBSD, or any other UNIX > combined. > > > IMHO making PHP work on Windows is a valuable move. Once users have coded > for PHP, they have the freedom to switch. If, on the other hand, PHP does > not run on Windows, then PHP, so to speak, does not get its foot in the > door, and thus can not convert these poor Windows users to the higher > truth. > Point taken...I just get so frustrated with the idea of it sometimes that I get rash. Anyway, you guys are doing great! Dan -- ________________________________________________________________ Daniel Allen, <dan@mojavelinux.com> http://www.mojavelinux.com/ ________________________________________________________________ "While they're pumping, you're soaking them" -- Speed Loader TV Advert ________________________________________________________________