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php... a language by amateurs, for amateurs. phpfog... a service by amateurs, for amateurs.
by svlla 16y ago
php... a language by amateurs, for amateurs. phpfog... a service by amateurs, for amateurs.
- mikey_p 16y agoYour argument could also apply to the Linux kernel.
- skeletonjelly 16y agoI know the point you're trying to make, but it's a weak one. 75% of the kernel is written by corporate employees. http://apcmag.com/linux-now-75-corporate.htm http://apcmag.com/linux-now-75-corporate.htm
- mikey_p 16y agoTrue, I don't know what percentage of contributions to PHP are made while in employee of a corporation funding said contributions, but there are commercial supporters of PHP out there. I'm surprised how few people don't know that Zend exists. The original comment just struck me oddly because I've come to assume that a large portion of the software that I use regularly was originally developed as an amateur project, or by amateurs.
- zaidf 16y ago75% of the kernel is written by corporate employees. And that implies what about the kernel?
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- skeletonjelly 15y agoI'm not sure where you're heading with this. I was trying to tell the parent comment that arguing against 'amateur' coders writing php is the same as the Linux kernel was factually incorrect.
- galactus 16y agoI bet most contributors to php are corporate employees too
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- svlla 16y agofor all the downvoters, it's pretty undeniable that as far as security is concerned, it was amateur hour at phpfog.
- stanleydrew 16y agoIf you wanted to get that point across, you could have said it much better. Your analogy to the PHP language itself is completely false and not in any way useful.
- svlla 16y agoRasmus identifies himself as an amateur. PHP is marketed as being amateur friendly.
- smokestack 16y agoAnd we're all aware that this wasn't a PHP exploit, right? Right?