Part of the distro? Probably not. Even if I released the source, I think that what it's rather a sensitive area. (Not hard to imagine why, right?!)
Even getting a link on the php.net page or in the manual is frankly unlikely. But if enough people pressured them who knows?
Personally I think that every PHP user should be made aware of PHPA, APC etc., and the user should then be able to decide if any and which of the solutions are for them. I'm convinced that there are many folks who are only aware of the commercial solution, and entirely unaware of any alternatives at all. IMHO, php.net are surely doing the PHP community a grave disservice by *not* publicising other solutions that can, after all, make PHP more palatable for some. I firmly believe in an open market where products compete purely on their merits, and not backhanders or the use of veiled threats to win commercial advantage. Of course I'm not suggesting that php.net are tainted by such practices, although if not, adding a link to PHPA, APC etc. shouldn't really be a problem,, should it;)
> No I didn't. I was under the mistaken
> impression.
I was being generous;)
> Interesting story though - thanks.
> Did they want the source because of their
> platform, or to modify, or what?
It just better suited their business approach. They put up a link on their site now.
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/contributors.html
Nice to get the recognition.
The poster simply made a typo. For various reasons I decided to not make PHPA OpenSource, but the point is that it's free and works very well.
OpenSource isn't all it's cracked up to be, particularly when the code you download doens't compile. E.g. APC, that I never managed to get to compile. I think that people need to get out of the mindset that they have a right to source code and intellectual property just because a product is made freely available.
Of course by not widely releasing the source the number of platforms are restricted, but I willingly shoulder the burden to ensure that the main ones are usually covered.
For folks that really need the source an NDA can be signed, and one of the internets largest sites has just done that very thing, and then you've got it.
The ZO is actually free, ZA costs money. But, and as others have said, if you use PHPA then you'll get your performance back + a little more because I put an optimiser into PHPA as well. It's also free. Concerning the 20% cost, you were lucky, that's not too bad. Sites can experience even bigger overheads, and is why using an accelerator can make a huge difference. Some folks using Smarty reported nearly a 10 times speed improvement, so there are definitely things you can do to get back precious CPU cycles whilst enjoying the benefits of PHP.
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Part of the distro? Probably not. Even if I released the source, I think that what it's rather a sensitive area. (Not hard to imagine why, right?!)
;)
Even getting a link on the php.net page or in the manual is frankly unlikely. But if enough people pressured them who knows?
Personally I think that every PHP user should be made aware of PHPA, APC etc., and the user should then be able to decide if any and which of the solutions are for them. I'm convinced that there are many folks who are only aware of the commercial solution, and entirely unaware of any alternatives at all.
IMHO, php.net are surely doing the PHP community a grave disservice by *not* publicising other solutions that can, after all, make PHP more palatable for some. I firmly believe in an open market where products compete purely on their merits, and not backhanders or the use of veiled threats to win commercial advantage. Of course I'm not suggesting that php.net are tainted by such practices, although if not, adding a link to PHPA, APC etc. shouldn't really be a problem,, should it
> No I didn't. I was under the mistaken > impression. I was being generous ;)
> Interesting story though - thanks.
> Did they want the source because of their
> platform, or to modify, or what?
It just better suited their business approach. They put up a link on their site now.
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/contributors.html
Nice to get the recognition.
The poster simply made a typo. For various reasons I decided to not make PHPA OpenSource, but the point is that it's free and works very well. OpenSource isn't all it's cracked up to be, particularly when the code you download doens't compile. E.g. APC, that I never managed to get to compile. I think that people need to get out of the mindset that they have a right to source code and intellectual property just because a product is made freely available. Of course by not widely releasing the source the number of platforms are restricted, but I willingly shoulder the burden to ensure that the main ones are usually covered. For folks that really need the source an NDA can be signed, and one of the internets largest sites has just done that very thing, and then you've got it.
The ZO is actually free, ZA costs money. But, and as others have said, if you use PHPA then you'll get your performance back + a little more because I put an optimiser into PHPA as well. It's also free. Concerning the 20% cost, you were lucky, that's not too bad. Sites can experience even bigger overheads, and is why using an accelerator can make a huge difference. Some folks using Smarty reported nearly a 10 times speed improvement, so there are definitely things you can do to get back precious CPU cycles whilst enjoying the benefits of PHP.