Comment php.net, caches, shady practices, and Re:Commerci (Score 1) 32
Part of the distro? Probably not. Even if I released the source, I think that what it's rather a sensitive area. (Not hard to imagine why, right?!)
Even getting a link on the php.net page or in the manual is frankly unlikely. But if enough people pressured them who knows?
Personally I think that every PHP user should be made aware of PHPA, APC etc., and the user should then be able to decide if any and which of the solutions are for them. I'm convinced that there are many folks who are only aware of the commercial solution, and entirely unaware of any alternatives at all.
IMHO, php.net are surely doing the PHP community a grave disservice by *not* publicising other solutions that can, after all, make PHP more palatable for some. I firmly believe in an open market where products compete purely on their merits, and not backhanders or the use of veiled threats to win commercial advantage. Of course I'm not suggesting that php.net are tainted by such practices, although if not, adding a link to PHPA, APC etc. shouldn't really be a problem,, should it ;)
Even getting a link on the php.net page or in the manual is frankly unlikely. But if enough people pressured them who knows?
Personally I think that every PHP user should be made aware of PHPA, APC etc., and the user should then be able to decide if any and which of the solutions are for them. I'm convinced that there are many folks who are only aware of the commercial solution, and entirely unaware of any alternatives at all.
IMHO, php.net are surely doing the PHP community a grave disservice by *not* publicising other solutions that can, after all, make PHP more palatable for some. I firmly believe in an open market where products compete purely on their merits, and not backhanders or the use of veiled threats to win commercial advantage. Of course I'm not suggesting that php.net are tainted by such practices, although if not, adding a link to PHPA, APC etc. shouldn't really be a problem,, should it
