RE: [PHP] Re: Zend encoding and security

So you say that to make money you need "closed sources" ? That's not true at all. > -----Original Message----- > From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:mlemos@acm.org] > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:43 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Zend encoding and security > > > Hello, > > On 05/09/2003 10:23 AM, bbonkosk@tampabay.rr.com wrote: > > I would just like to say that I am happy that people Like Linus and > > Rasmus and > > other PHP visionaries do not share the same perspective as > what appears to be > > many on this list! Otherwise, we would not even be > discussing this. I guess > > some food for thought. > > Those are perfect examples to show that the real world is > very different > than the ideal world. > > In the ideal world developers like Rasmus and Linus would > work full time > in the development of their software. > > In the real world they had to get real jobs to pay their expenses and > support their families. > > Rasmus and Linus actually got good jobs but they can no > longer dedicate > full time to the development of their Open Source software. > > In contrast, Zend guys for instance wanted to dedicate full > time to PHP, > so they had to build their own business where they have closed source > products for sale and at the same time they dedicate full time to a > crucial part of PHP development which is the Zend engine. > > In the real world it could not be better, but it can be a lot > worse. If > you go around and check all the developers that contribute to PHP > development, you will notice that some of them have to take > up jobs that > take most of their time and they are not as happy as they would be if > they could dedicate full time to PHP development. > > -- > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >