Good news for PHP developers on the Windows front.
The collaboration should improve the experience of PHP-with-Windows users, according to Zend co-founder and CTO Andi Gutmans, who indicated that a majority of PHP developers work on Windows, though until now the solution has been tuned mainly for Linux.Microsoft has embraced more open source solutions — including Xen virtualization technology, SugarCRM and now PHP — and seems to be seeking a peaceful co-existence of its proprietary platforms with open source software.
In the process, both users and developers are getting more choices, said Gardner.
