PHP Leads Web 2.0

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What they don’t see is the shift of paradigm that Web 2.0 brings - and the … A Look Under the Hood - the Gears and Engines of Web 2.0 …

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White Paper:
PHP Leads Web 2.0
A Closer Look at the Hidden Drivers and Enablers
of the Second Internet Revolution
By Andi Gutmans, Co-Founder and Vice President of Technology,
Zend Technologies, Inc.
September 2006
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Everyone is currently talking about Web 2.0, it is the next big thing in the IT industry. But most people have only a
vague idea of what Web 2.0 is about - and what it is not. They tend to think of Web 2.0 as a collection of websites
and fancy web-based applications. What they don’t see is the shift of paradigm that Web 2.0 brings - and the
emergence of new technologies under the surface.
Defining Web 2.0
If you ask 20 people in the IT industry to define what Web 2.0 is, it is most likely that you will receive 20 different
answers. This shows one of the main problems when talking about it: Web 2.0 is not a fixed standard or product,
and the viewpoint of the individual influences his perception of Web 2.0. For consumers or journalists outside the
industry, Web 2.0 is a number of applications, websites and interfaces - Google, Flickr.com or even eBay. From a
developer’s perspective, it is a collection of APIs, formats and code. And a CIO or CTO of a large company might…