Re: The future of PHP

> <synopsis> > 1) some want direct marketing > 2) Some believe the status quo is enough > 3) all agreee php is useful as a web development tool/language ... Did you open source your thread filter program? :) Good job anyway. For me the most important point is that the developer/maintainer of the language are focusing on making the best web development language out there. (even if it is already the best) py ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher CM Allen" <callen@driver8.org> To: <mlemos@acm.org>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] The future of PHP > Php'ers: > > These are great points that have been brought up (a kinda synopsis, since we > are repeating here :) > > <synopsis> > 1) some want direct marketing > 2) Some believe the status quo is enough > 3) all agreee php is useful as a web development tool/language > 4) some agree that it can/should be more (GTK/Command Line etc) > > This originally started as a call to php'ers to step up and market the > language so that it can compete more vitally in a larger market. > Both Rasmus and Zeev have stated that they believe they are doing just that > via conferences and Zend. Mr Lemos et al believe that more should be done. A > more constructive targeted aim at the .NET and Java based crowd. Several > solutions/ideas have been suggested one of which is a poll/display of > quality/imaginative etc php sites. Another suggested that php go the way of > BIND and APACHE and that the wait will pay off with the volume of users in > 10-12 years. > > </synopsis> > > Good Day! > --ccma > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >