Re: [INTERNALS-WIN] RE: [PHP-DEV] Differences in VC6 and VC9 Windows builds and MSSQL Driver.

Pierre Joye wrote: > > Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I was only saying that again in this > thread (Uwe and you being new to me in this list :) Actually I followed it all until this list was forked from internals@, must have happened during some long flamewar on 5.3/6.0 features that were 'marked as read' with prejudice :-) Have been around since, uhm, 4.2.x fighting behind win32 build solutions here (including the new javascript one - have a slew of patches inc once I refine them to allow for everyones' individual tastes and f/w port to 5.3 branch.) >> That doesn't equal accomplishing what is necessary in a manner that will >> benefit the way that OSS communities create code. And applying poor >> suggestions that are personally delivered with love from MS is no different >> than applying the same poor suggestions that come in the product docs. > > I solved a couple of critical issues with their help already. As they > suck badly at writing docs, it is often almost impossible to figure > out a solution only by reading the docs (if there is any, but it is > getting slightly better). However I was finally being able to solve > many of them by asking the right guys in there. That's indeed not > ideal as not very open (even if the solution ends in cvs anyway :), > but it helps. Yes - it does - httpd, tomcat, jk have profited similarly from their outreach efforts. Great team. When I see comments as you made earlier about "working with MS" we have to remember that it's a huge company with very different goals on different teams, and not all of them will ever align with what we are trying to accomplish. That said, grade A+ for 2008 to Port25 in effort! Bill