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Zend Lay-offs, Prepare for acquisition
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19 May 2008
The breaking news are that Zend has fired 25% employees R&D department (Updated, thanks David for pointing that out), possibly in preparation for acquisition my a major player. Zend employees are major contributers in the PHP open-source project, so this has tangible ramification for all of us PHP developers out there.
Back in 2006 Microsoft signed a major deal with Zend. Could they be interested parties? I have a pipe dream in which Microsoft buys Zend and integrates PHP as a replacement for ASP.NET.
I wish all the best to Zend, I had the pleasure of talking to several of their employees on different occasions and I got the impression they hire very well. Too bad they had give some of those good people up.
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3 Responses to Zend Lay-offs, Prepare for acquisition
David
May 20th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Please read carefully before commenting on an item. Zend did not lay off 25% of its employees. According to the tech crunch article, it’s 25% of its R&D team, which is only a part of the company.
Eran Galperin
May 20th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
You are quite right, I mis-read. Thanks for pointing that out.
matthijs
May 24th, 2008 at 2:54 am
If Microsoft takes over Zend and gets control of PHP I have to say goodbye to PHP. All my investments for nothing…
I get nauseous just thinking about it.