Tuesday, February 27, 2007

PHP buzz!

As others have pointed out, the Delphi for PHP buzz is huge. Here's a little detail and perspective.

Googling for these search times, as of this post's writing, yields the following results:

  • "Delphi 7" - 1,250,000 hits
  • "Delphi 2005" - 1,120,000 hits
  • "Delphi 6" - 990,000 hits
  • "Delphi 2006" - 907,000 hits
  • "Delphi 5" - 890,000 hits
  • +CodeGear +PHP - 883,000 hits
  • "Delphi 8" - 588,000 hits
  • "Delphi for PHP" - 548,000 hits
  • "Delphi 4" - 477,000 hits
  • "Delphi 1" - 442,000 hits
  • "Delphi 3" - 376,000 hits
  • "Delphi 2" - 339,000 hits
  • "Borland Developer Studio" - 271,000 hits
  • "Delphi 2007" - 93,700 hits

Notice that "Delphi for PHP" is rocketing towards the top of this list, and that it is 6 times as popular as "Delphi 2007". The buzz about this thing is on fire! It'll be interesting to watch this list change over time.