RE: [PEAR-DEV] PEAR extension for Macromedia Ultradev ???

Bertrand, > My opinion is that DreamWeaver is not a free program. So, if Macromedia > wants to add PHP support to their app, they would have to do it on their > own. I don't see why I would work for them if they take all the > money at the end and get new customers... :-) I can sympathise with the way you feel towards Macromedia. However, keep in mind at the time that Macromedia developed Ultradev, PHP was not nearly what it is today, nor did we have PEAR. So it is hard to completely fault them at this point, although I do share in your attitude toward Macromedia for not making some inroads to the PHP community thus far. Of course, while what I am thinking about might help Macromedia at one level, it would in the end help PEAR much more by bringing it to a huge audience and thus help PEAR and all that comes with that (PHP, Apache, MySQL, Linux, etc). I believe it would also help those like myself who want to use PEAR as a core component of their web development arsenal and at the same time use industry standard tools. Of course, I could argue that making PHP binaries, Apache Binaries, and MySQL binaries available for Microsoft IIs would be helping the enemy to succeed, but I feel in the end, the fact that we have done so has done more good for the PHP and PEAR community than harm. All I am advocating is making PEAR something that is more attractive and useful to a larger community of users, and that in turn would hopefull attract many contributors to PEAR, PHP etc. Alan