Re: IBM Bets PHP Is Open Source's Next Big Thing

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 06:27, Bartell, Aaron L. wrote:
> http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60403410
> 

NEXT big thing??? where have they been?

<Quote from the article>
Zend Technologies' PHP scripting language was designed to help
programmers without advanced Java or Microsoft C# expertise build
applications that tap into those database services.
</Quote>

PHP dates back to 1995 (the same year Java was introduced).  PHP as we
know it today goes back to around 1997.  C# goes back to what, 2000?

PHP is a great language for designing web pages.  Very easy to learn and
use.  You can even write fully OO code with PHP.  It has a lot of
functionality and integrates well with the databases it supports, like
PostgreSQL and MySQL.  Maybe this little manuever will finally get us
integrated iSeries support:

<Quote>
Although IBM will offer Zend Core for IBM for free, the software's code
itself will not be open source and will be subject to use restrictions
because it will include drivers for IBM's DB2 commercial database
system.
</Quote>

In either case, I think this is good news.

Joel
http://www.rpgnext.com