RE: PHP on .NET DLR

Andi Gutmans wrote:
> The work Zend and Microsoft do together in order to improve 
> PHP on the Windows platform is in no way related to Phalanger 
> and it will definitely not prevent Microsoft from investing 
> in this direction if they choose to. In that interview when I 
> say "We", I mean Zend. Yes, I am not thrilled about investing 
> in a fork of PHP (which Phalanger would
> be) but there's absolutely nothing (in the spirit of 
> open-source) which would prevent you or Microsoft from making 
> it happen.

Thanks for weighing in.  As I expected, no consipiracy, just doing business
as you best know how.

Curious; would it be possible for Zend to work with MS such that is would
not be a fork?  IOW, creating an architecture that allowed .NET underneath
but where it is still the "official" PHP?
 
Just a thought...

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