[anon01]

Yes, because PHP monoglots have their homepage set to codinghorror.com and browse right over to Hackernews afterwards. It is not a public service, it is a waste of screen space.

The startup scene's dirty little secret is that (anecdotal from several local companies I've worked for and/or collaborated with) PHP development is fast and cheap. Once you have proven you can solve a business problem and get funding, then you can decide if you really need to do a re-write.

There are just too many small companies focusing on real problems(instead of what language their webapp is built in) to make me think PHP is evil or that Rasmus Lerdorf is a bad person.