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Interviews: Four Open Source Questions for Microsoft

Recently, I got the opportunity to pose a few questions to key people involved with open source efforts at Microsoft, including Sam Ramji (the recently promoted head of Microsoft's open source and Linux efforts), Ori Amiga (Microsoft Group Product Manager, Live Developer Platform), and Susan Hauser (General Manager of Strategic Partnerships and Licensing). They offered up some thought-provoking input on what open source needs, Novell, China, Live Mesh, and other topics. I thank them for taking the time, and please read on for their comments.



PHP 6.0: More to Love, Less to Hate

PHP 6.0 is on its way, and it looks like this release will finally remove some of the features that caused many people to turn their noses up at PHP, such as register globals and magic quotes. At the same time, the new version will include built-in support for a number of new features, most notably Unicode, which will make it possible to create completely internationalized Web applications. PHP 6.0 might not stop people from hating the languge, but the improvements that we're seeing in the current developer snapshot point to a language that is maturing with time.


PHP "Test Fests" Scheduled for This Month

PHP is not the sexiest language, and many people are quick to point out its deficiencies for Web application development. However, PHP is one of the most popular open-source projects, with a huge following, and many installations. Given that it is a relatively stable project, you might expect the PHP development team to be resting on its laurels. But no; in addition to a regular bug-fix release, the PHP QA team is sponsoring a test fest, in an attempt to improve the language's automated test suite.