:: First Look :: Zend ::

You know how I occasionally find a Start-Up and just throw my rage on it, well this time its different. And it is because Zend is different. And it is worth admiring.

I'm sure most, if not all, of you, never heard the names Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans. I'm also sure most of you wouldn't bother your mind with what PHP is and why more than a million Internet servers are running it. That's OK. It shows most of you are normal.

To make this as short as possible, PHP is an Open Source scripting language and engine Andi and Zeev rewrote while at the Technion. Now, as a Wadi Start-Up, Zend is offering various development and deployment tools targeted at those who use PHP. Obviously the tools are based on an expertise only those who are intimate with the source code can have.

Being an Open Source play is something uncommon in our corner of the world. And it is left to see if Zend management and investors can build a solid business model around it.

Wait.

It actually doesn't matter.

Why?

Remember You-Know-Who? They didn't have a business model, just software a lot of people found valuable. And much like You-Know-Who, Zend is doing another thing that unfortunately became uncommon in our corner of the world - it is providing usable software.

And this I like.

And that's enough.

Wadi Writer #1 (Gray)

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Links:
http://www.zend.com
http://www.php.net

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