Re: Call from Info World

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> > Interestingly, in trying to think of a visible open source project that
> > isn't controlled by a company, I couldn't think of one.  Mozilla, PHP,
> > Apache, MySQL, even perhaps Linux have one very visible company that has
> > significant control over the project, while we do not.  Is there a good
> > example someone can think of?
>
> Perl, amanda, Python, OpenACS and LTSP come to mind.
>
> I also get the impression that there's been a significant split between Zend
> Inc. and the larger PHP community lately (over Parrot, mostly, I think), so
> Zend obviously don't "control" the PHP project.

Well, it remains to be seen how well Parrot is implemented.  It is
mostly lead by Theis and Sterling.  I spend a lot of time with them at
the PHP conference.

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