CNET News: IBM Backs Open-Source Web Software | Linux Today

CNET News: IBM Backs Open-Source Web Software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 25, 2005

“IBM is putting its corporate heft behind a popular open-source
Web development technology called PHP, in a move meant to reach out
to a broader set of developers.

“On Friday, the tech giant announced a partnership with Zend
Technologies to create a bundle called Zend Core, which includes
IBM’s Cloudscape-embedded database and Zend’s PHP development
tools. Zend sells tools built on the open-source edition of PHP and
offers related services…”


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