Re: The future of PHP or my 2 cents

In article <010001c1311e$d86ebb40$bf7ba8c0@satx.rr.com>, matsch@sasites.com (Matthew A. Schneider) wrote: > > Rather than whining about the future of PHP, why don't you be proactive > > and take on the goal of raising the $100,000 for the project? > Although Fred's comments appear rhetorical, the suggestion has some merit. > Anyone have a feel for how many PHP devotees are out there? How many people > subscribe to this list? Do these numbers make it feasible to ask for a $1-10 > contribution? How about $0.02 from each of the 7 million domains running > PHP? To continue this (speculative) train of thought: Would it be feasible to collect some kind of contest entry fee, either instead of or in addition to donations toward the prize? If maximum participation were the goal (and I'm not sure that it would/should be, but for the sake of argument...), it might be a way to get entrants intestered in recruiting more entrants by reminding them that more developers in the contest, the bigger the reward to be won by one of them... As for collecting funds for such an endeavor, FWIW I (and presumably others) would be more likely to give if it were through the PHP.net group or Zend than through any third-party. At least then if the contest were to fall through, I'm confident that the money would still be well-spent on furthering PHP development/marketing. -- CC