Marc G. Fournier wrote:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060209_810527.htm
Also in Oracle's crosshairs: closely held Zend, based in Cupertino,
Calif.
Zend's PHP software language is one of the most prevalent on the Web,
present in more than 18 million Web sites. The company, which snared
headlines last year when Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen joined
its board, has been trying to extend its success with the Web into
business applications. Zend could sell for $200 million, according to one
source.
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Well, we'd run the risk of losing? a good support company and
optimizer.
But the language above is misleading: PHP isn't owned, per se,
by Zend, although Zend is owned or at least was founded by some
pretty big guns on the PHP Devel Team. So the effects might not
be much beyond what I mention above.
It's kind of interesting to speculate, though; and it's good news for
the Zend guys --- nice (for them anyway) when you start looking
that juicy to the big players, as a friend of mine says.
Makes you wonder if this really isn't a jab against the other DB
companies/orgs --- I could foresee Zend pushing some PHP/Oracle
interface/optimization products within a year or so if this happens
Kevin Kinsey
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