Re: The ASF Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I'll respond to a few specific points just because they're so very 
egregious.

> If there were a battle in the PHP community I would expect a "fork" in the project.

Yeah, kind of like the fork in the PHP community and the branch called 
THE_5_4_THAT_ISNT_5_4.  Read, man, read.  It's out there!

> Dude, I may say that Java was difficult for me to learn.  But I would never disparage it (except for comic relief).

First you call WebSphere "WebsFear".


>    In fact, Zend Server CE supports the JavaBridge which is based upon an open source project and is designed for recovering Java Developers trying to work through their 12 steps in the world of PHP.

And THEN you disparage Java.

This isn't comic relief.  This is calling Java "too complex", one of 
those standard talking points.  It's not "too complex", it's just "more 
complex" because it does so much more.  For example, why don't you 
remind us, Mike; what language is Zend Studio written in?

You want to advocate PHP?  Sure, go ahead.  But you probably don't want 
to try to sell it as a better programming language than Java.  It may be 
a better solution for a specific task, but an enterprise programming 
language it ain't.

Joe