- Tue Jul 24, 2001 11:00 am
#104066
Chikin: PHP is an open source product aimed to promote creativity and openess within the programming community. Just go to SourceForge and HotScripts and you will see hundreds, if not thousands of scripts available to use for free. With those scripts, I can do what I want - run them, change them, use them on my site, pass them on to my friends. By doing that, we are improving the scripts regardless of commercial gains. You don't have to look far to see how successful the open source ethos has been:<P>Linux<br>PHP<br>Apache<br>Gnutella<P>Even the HTTP protocol itself is entirely open and free. These are all incredibly successful products - Apache is the #1 server in the world, PHP is the fastest growing web programming language an Gnutella has started the whole P2P barrage rolling. I have been heavily involved with Gnutella and have feature in the Sunday Telegraph and Radio Times, and will appear on BBC in August. So, no, I don't know **** all about the internet. Read it for yourself:<br> <A HREF="http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/starticle.txt" TARGET=_blank>http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/starticle.txt</A> <A HREF="http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/edited.jpg" TARGET=_blank>http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/edited.jpg</A> <P>All this because of open source programming, something which you obviously disagree with.<P>Progress is being made - our futures are being mapped, and you either become part of it, or you stick to your 'professional software design' and all the 'commercial implications' that come with it.<P>I am aware of your worries about security and suchlike, but why should we let that - and the small matter of money - stifle progress?<P>the_dr