Is PHP Doomed?
by Jeremy on May.17, 2007, under Uncategorized
(Repost from Privett on PHP)
As an outsider looking in, and being a realist instead of a fanboy, I’m finding it extremely hard to believe that PHP is going to continue its much hyped and proclaimed success in its current circumstances.
For example, I think if some of the tiffs that occur on the PHP Internals were ever widely publicized, PHP really wouldn’t have a future. It’s sad to realize that I now watch the Internals Mailing List for comic relief and not real information.
I want to know when the PHP community turned into this huge pissing contest. Some of the egos that are just dripping off of these developers are intoxicating. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.
As much as I hate to say this … You guys really need to take some advice from Ruby Devs. I’ve been watching the Dev List over there and following it as well, and I don’t see even half of the virtual crap-flinging that’s almost become an everyday occurrence on the PHP Internals list. Get a clue, guys. If you don’t start working together, your project will ultimately fail, or you can walk away and quit so we can get better people to replace you.
I’m not calling out any names, because there are some genuinely good people that work on PHP, but I think the general populace of egotistical people that generally initiate the pissing matches know who I’m talking about.
… if they even read this.
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