I'll port COM if no else will; however, I'm way too busy for this be done by the 30th if that is when you plan to release the beta.
I don't see a problem with COM support not being in the beta. It's a small part of PHP usage.
Andi
-- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php