RE: [PHP] Why PHP ? - devil's advocate

"Martin A. Marques" ... > Michael Kimsal wrote: > > Yes, I've already heard the argument that you should get source, > > but I don't always need it. If I want a graphics library that will > > draw circles and charts, I want circles and charts. I don't > > necessarily want the source, as *I* personally can't modify it enough to > > do anything useful. And you don't normally need the source if the > > product does what it's supposed to. > > Yes, until an entreprise as large as M$ says they will not support the > product you use anymore. Nope, that wouldn't happen... M$ would say in a couple of years "Oh, yes, ASP has become deprecated, so we are now presenting VISUAL ASP, 'much easier' to install, configure, and with new programming wizards to automate the most common tasks, 'fully compatible' with IE ..." > What do you do then? There is no way you can stay > on, and all you can do is restart with something new. Thats pathetic. No, just imagine you migrating to such a visual asp thing... hahaha!!!