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Not Enough Random Bytes Available: What’s Wrong with PHP (Part 2)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 8, 2006

[ Thanks to Cliff
Wells
for this link. ]

My previous article was quite inflammatory: it was a personal
rant never meant to see wide dissemination. I make no apologies for
its content, however I do apologise to those who came expecting to
see a reasoned argument supporting my assertions and came away
rightly disappointed. I’ll try to remedy that here and perhaps
spark a more intelligent discussion than what was had
previously.

“Before we start, if your comment consists of ‘you’re just a
two-bit blogger looking for fame’ or some variation of, try to save
yourself the pitiful fate of self-fulfilling prophecy. Posting a
comment under those pretenses is a bit like trying to put a store
out of business by buying all their merchandise. It’s probably not
going to work. If you don’t want me to be famous, go away. It’s
really for the best…”

Complete
Story

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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