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BTW, what's the relationship between Facebook and Zend? Is PHP now 'owned' by Facebook?
by ExpiredLink 12y ago
BTW, what's the relationship between Facebook and Zend? Is PHP now 'owned' by Facebook?
- sarciszewski 12y agohttp://www.infoworld.com/article/2628093/open-source-software/facebook-s-php-doesn-t-really-compete-with-zend.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/2628093/open-source-softwar...
- smsm42 12y agoNo, PHP is not owned by Facebook, and wasn't owned by Zend either. Zend contributed a lot into PHP development (phpng effort is largely sponsored by Zend) but it doesn't mean it "owns" PHP. Nobody really owns PHP. Facebook owns HHVM and Hack (which I guess was one of the reasons they created it - with organization this large, it makes sense to have a platform that is predictable for them - i.e. owned by them). Some people from Facebook also contribute to PHP, including those working for HHVM/Hack team.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoAlso note that the Zend Engine, confusingly, isn't made by Zend, it's just a component of PHP. Zend Technologies, Inc. came after the Zend Engine, but both were created by the same duo (Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans).