Microsoft Corp. and Zend Technologies Inc. today announced a technical collaboration to enhance the experience of running the PHP scripting language on Windows ServerŪ 2003. The parties expect to extend the collaboration to the next version of Windows Server, code-named ?Longhorn.? The resulting technology enhancements and ongoing interaction with the PHP community is expected to enable customers to take advantage of the Windows Server platform. The cooperative effort seeks to provide customers with richer functionality and better integration, resulting in improved performance and increased reliability.
?Interoperability continues to be an important requirement for our customers, particularly when it comes to open source applications that run on Windows. This announcement today continues our commitment to making it easier for partners and developers ? regardless of the development model they employ ? to take advantage of increased reliability of the Microsoft Windows Server platform,? said Bill Hilf, general manager of Technical Platform Strategy at Microsoft. ?Zend is a clear leader in the PHP community, and we are excited to be working with it on this joint collaboration effort designed to provide developers using PHP with the best possible experience within a Microsoft environment.?
Source: Zend.com
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