Posted by Schraalhans Keukenmeester on 06/10/07 18:05

At Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:50:52 -0700, Paul let h(is|er) monkeys type:

>>
>> So, you are the spammer trying to sell this utterly useless piece of
>> zzoftware?
>
> Calling names is what even a 5-yr old can do. I dare you write a piece
> of "zzoftware" of the this complexity.
>

Calling names? I just put the applicable sticker on your shirt, since you
were, yes, spamming this ng.

I don't accept your dare, I go for truth this time. I don't spend my time
writing stuff I see no need for, and arguing over who wrote the more
complex piece of software in a ng is even more senseless than comparing
our willies.

>
> I wonder who wrote the code parser and pseudowebserver for it.
>
> I wrote the webserver part from scratch. Yes, it doesn't use TCP/IP,
> that's why you call it "pseudo"? But this was a deliberate design, so
> the program doesn't interfere with any networking and for security
> reasons.
> I also wrote a full featured webserver several years back if
> you are interested. And there is no parser - it comes with PHP intact as
> compiled by the PHP Group.
>

Kudos to you for writing your own webserver. I haven't achieved anything
similar, unless you call the typical one-liner-mini-webservers in Perl or
Ruby we probably all tried and had fun with an achievement. The main
reason being: Apache. Why would I want to reinvent the wheel?


>> Wouldn't surprise me if it's violating one or more licenses held by
>> others.
>
> Nope, I didn't use any of Apache's or others code, as for the browser it
> is the official policy of MS to allow reusing of the browsing core like
> that, go see MSDN.

I believe you. Comment withdrawn.

>> Selling such a non-product, your own business model seems flaky at
>> best, Paul...
>
> I wrote this product because there are important things inherently
> missing in WAMP (simply because it is the product suited for web in the
> first place not for desktop). ZPG brings PHP to the Windows desktop.
>

As I said elsewhere, your app is much more like WAMP -for the web- than
it is a standalone GUI. I still fail to see the added value. But then I am
not the typical Winclicker who hasn't got a clue about writing custom
scripts. Not unlike -I suspect- the majority of PHP coders in this ng.



> I bet you would call MS Word a non-product as well, as there is the free
> Star Office there ;)

See my sig. I would and do call MS Word a product, and I'll spare you my
top-5 adjectives I usually combine it's name with in a sentence. Same goes
for the OS it requires, in case you wonder. It's a product.

Regards,

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