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IBM Backs PHP for Web Development

Posted by Zonk on from the echo-"free-languages-equal-profit" dept.

Christopher Reimer writes "C|Net is reporting that IBM will be getting behind the open-source language PHP for its WebSphere server software and tools. From the article: 'Big Blue's public commitment to PHP is significant because the company has the technical and marketing resources to accelerate usage of the open-source product.'" Evidently PHP is indeed becoming more popular.

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  1. how about python? by same_old_story · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I stuble across many articles on ibm developers network about python. seems like a lot of ibm hackers like it, but I never see the big blue showing any corporate support.
    is this a 'we do not want to upset java' thing, or is python imature for hard core web programming?

  2. Best quote from article by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One industry executive who requested not to be named said that IBM's push into PHP and scripting reflects IBM's disillusionment with the Java standardization process and the industry's inability to make Java very easy to use.

    "IBM's been so fed up with Java that they've been looking for alternatives for years," the executive said. "They want people to build applications quickly that tap into IBM back-ends...and with Java, it just isn't happening."

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