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Why does PHP need support from within Microsoft to be supported on Windows anyway? What I grasp from that email is that they support the development and build p
by numlock86 6y ago
Why does PHP need support from within Microsoft to be supported on Windows anyway? What I grasp from that email is that they support the development and build process in some way. Sure enough that could be done by someone else within the community. What's the fuss about?
- jpalomaki 6y agoBeing an open source project most of the work is likely sponsored by companies who have some kind of interest in supporting the project. I don’t think Microsoft is doing anything that could not be technically done by somebody else.
- johannes1234321 6y ago> I don’t think Microsoft is doing anything that could not be technically done by somebody else. This is generally true. PHP had Windows support early on and builds provided by community. Having Microsoft backing it meant there were people with more time for it and some Windows-specific optimisation could be done, by people with access to true Windows experts. This gave a boost in the early days of their involvement.
- coldtea 6y ago>Sure enough that could be done by someone else within the community. Sure, and usually in a hasty fashion, when they have time, understaffed, as is the case with many ports. Instead, Microsoft wants this to be more high quality, to attract PHP devs to the platform and get PHP-based business on Azure/Windows, integrate it with their Windows dev tools, build goodwill etc, so they fund this and have some people working on it.