[UPHPU] Microsoft forges ties with open source maker Zend

[cole at colejoplin.com]

I also noticed an annnouncement with Novell and Micro$oft, about MS  
trying to play nice with Linux. I was really struck by the odd look on  
Balmer's face, like the groom at a shotgun wedding. Just like the Zend  
thing, the only thing that makes sense to my mind is two things.

1) Stop the bleeding of LAMP encroachment, as the Windows Server/IIS  
combo is losing very badly. This announcement will possibly freeze  
movement for a few weeks, as MS IT zealots will be calling meetings to  
explain why they should hold off on moving to LAMP.

2) If you can't beat PHP, and can't get people to adopt ASP/C#, try to  
at least make PHP work on a Windows Sever.

I don't think their heart is really in this. This is not a move from  
strength. This feels like a timeout to stop the other team's momentum  
(sorry, watching footbal). I don't go as far as saying MS is bad, they  
are just acting like a large multi-national coproration looking out  
for their own interests. In this case, saving every license they can,  
before losing them. I just can't bring myself to feel sorry for them.

-- Cole


Quoting "Smith, Jeff" <Jeff.Smith at hollycorp.com>:

> That's right it is I, the Microsoft apologist with the latest
> installment of "Microsoft ain't so bad".  Looks like MS and Zend have
> hooked up to guarantee PHP will work on future version of Windows
> Server.  Maybe Microsoft hasn't given up on ASP.
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. and Zend, a key supplier of
> tools used to design open-source software that competes with Microsoft
> Windows programs, said on Tuesday the two companies have struck a
> long-term partnership.
> Bill Hilf, a Microsoft technical strategist, said the Zend deal, a
> multiyear, multiphase partnership, will ensure PHP programs run on past
> and future versions of Microsoft Web server software. The pact covers
> both the established Windows Server 2003 and the upcoming version,
> code-named Longhorn.
>
> Read more
> http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&story
> ID=2006-10-31T171644Z_01_N31453539_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-ZEND.xml
>
> Jeff Smith
>
>
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