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PHP 4.3.0 w/ZEND 2 Alpha

Posted by timothy on from the folding-things-in dept.

Twintop writes: "PHP.net has released the a new version of PHP 4 to include the new Zend 2 Scripting Engine. This alpha update adds more increased support for Java and .NET technologies. More can be found on PHP.net and Beta News.com."

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  1. Commercial addons restricting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful
    It was often said that the developers could have addon products to GPL software and that's how you could make money. With PHP+ZEND, and other GPL software that has proprietary offshoots, it's really proven to me that this is no good thing. The GPL software is pigeonholed in its current role, and more often than not it will never go on to fill the role of the addon software.

    It's not out of dislike for commercial software - it's because PHP is a scripting engine, and their addon Zend optimiser isn't. It's not that there aren't open source replacements but they'll never become part of the base PHP.net distro. This affects the quality of the software.

    Is there anything that can be done about this? Especially for other new projects that don't want to let social issues affect the quality of their software.