On 27 Jul 2014 09:26, "Kris Craig" <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 12:16 AM, Michael Wallner <mike.php....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On 27 Jul 2014 08:23, "Kris Craig" <kris.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Here's my question to counter yours, Michael: What's the rush? >> > >> >> Every day php-ng is not GA, PHP is losing ground to its competitors. > > Umm, how? Do you have any data to support this? According to http://php.net/usage.php, as of 2012, PHP's usage is steadily increasing. As far as our competitors are concerned, well: > > http://w3techs.com/technologies/comparison/pl-java,pl-php,pl-ruby,pl-python > > > As you can see, PHP continues to dominate with over 80% market share and no signs-- at least, none that I can see-- that we are "losing ground" as you stated. >
Surely it's wise to make the same wrong assumptions Microsoft did with Internet Explorer?