Not too happy to hear about this

Sun to begin developing features only for Enterprise server. While I’m glad Sun will continue development of MySQL, there are many things other than not having access to these advanced features. Mainly the splintering of development, the idea of paying for less-tested software, and whether it’s a trend.

prior art–web application installers

Every widely distributed PHP application has its home grown installer that looks for depedencies, sets up a database, and checks permissions. Since PHP is interpretted, has no language support for namespaces, and no stored application state–simply defining how a PHP application gets installed is a non-trivial function. There have been a attempts to create . . . → Read More: prior art–web application installers