Yes I had wondered if someone was going to make that claim :)
So far I haven't seen much in perl or Java that I CAN'T do in PHP. The user
community is much more helpful, the PHP manual online is IMO simply amazing.
I love that guide :)
I just rarely see any jobs posted for PHP. Mostly ASP and Java.....
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sean C. McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP in corporate settings?
> > Just one point Java is actually open source, because you can get the
> > source code for the JVM. It is not GPL what means that if you want to
> > make money with it you have to pay for it (but after all Sun is a
> > bussiness, and bussiness are for making money).
>
> Access to source code has very little to do with being "Open Source".
> Access to source code is 1 out of 9 requirements for something to be open
> source. Please see http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.html
>
> -Rasmus
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