Re: RFC: Move phpng to master

Hi all, On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Michael Wallner <mike.php.net@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 27 Jul 2014 09:26, "Kris Craig" <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Michael Wallner < > mike.php.net@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 27 Jul 2014 08:23, "Kris Craig" <kris.craig@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Here's my question to counter yours, Michael: What's the rush? > >> > > >> > >> Every day php-ng is not GA, PHP is losing ground to its competitors. > > > > Umm, how? Do you have any data to support this? According to > http://php.net/usage.php, as of 2012, PHP's usage is > steadily increasing. > As far as our competitors are concerned, well: > > > > > > http://w3techs.com/technologies/comparison/pl-java,pl-php,pl-ruby,pl-python > > > > > > As you can see, PHP continues to dominate with over 80% market share and > no signs-- at least, none that I can see-- that we are "losing ground" as > you stated. > > > > Surely it's wise to make the same wrong assumptions Microsoft did with > Internet Explorer? > PHP is losing as a general scripting language for sure. JavaScript is winning in this area even if it was originated as "a web client scripting language". http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html http://langpop.com/ We are better to consider this situation seriously. IMHO. Focus on web as well as encourage general usage is what we need. Making PHP a choice for "new" project should be one of the most important objective. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki yohgaki@ohgaki.net