Interesting point of view. I'd consider the majority of people on generals@ to be less "hardcore" and "pro" and more "beginner" like, since they're usually coming there to ask questions. Hardcore PHP users needn't subscribe to generals@ since they don't need to ask questions. Makes sense?
- David > -----Original Message----- > From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:53 PM > To: George Schlossnagle > Cc: George Schlossnagle; Jochem Maas; internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 6.0 Wishlist > > At 18:45 15/08/2005, George Schlossnagle wrote: > > >On Aug 15, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > >>(*) Based on the fact php-general@ has 787 subscribers and current > >>estimates at the amount of PHP developers worldwide range between > >>500,000 to 2,000,000 developers. I actually got the opening number > >>wrong - it's 99.84%, not 98.5%. Sorry. > > > >You're probably being glib, but I don't think that being a dedicated, > >professional PHP developer has much to do with being on any of the > >lists. Most of the people I know who do serious work in PHP > >subscribe to none of the lists.php.net lists. It's probably not the > >best place to catch the pulse of the user-base. If anything, I'd > >assume that your own pro-services group and consulting partners would > >have better insight into what people are doing with PHP. > > That's exactly what I was saying (in another part of the email). It > doesn't work in reverse order though - being on one of these lists does > usually mean that the developer is more 'hardcore' than others. > > Zeev > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
