Hello, On 08/03/2002 10:44 PM, Justin French wrote: >>>The people for Zend have to eat to live. >> >>And don't we all? That is the main problem. If we need to pay USD $3,000 >>to be able to compile our PHP programs, doesn't that make not viable for >>most of us to sell our PHP programs as closed source? > > > How much money do you make a week writing PHP scripts? Just remember, Zend > gave you PHP, for free, to use in almost any commercial way you wish.
I don't live from writing PHP scripts, that is the problem. I give away many PHP scripts often in the form of ready to use PHP Classes, but besides from that I have plenty of sophisticated code that I am not interested to give away in Open Source because I would be disclosing the know-how that is embedded in it. That is regardless whether I wanted to give or sell the code. I also know many people that would like to protect their PHP code so their ISPs could not peek on it. > My clients cant afford Zend, but when the right client comes along, it'll be > my recommendation without hesitation. That is your problem. Most people I know are like your clients, they can't afford the greedy prices of Zend. I often recommend using APC in MMAP mode that automatically stores compiled files in disk, so you can protect their source code for free. -- Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
