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Thread-Topic: [PDO] [RFC] An Idea for PDO 2
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Subject: Re: [PDO] [RFC] An Idea for PDO 2
From: David.Sceppa@microsoft.com (David Sceppa)


Greetings, PDO community!  My name is David Sceppa and I am a program manag=
er working at Microsoft on improving SQL Server for PHP data hosting.

Let me first just say that Microsoft is very interested in participating in=
 the PDO 2 effort and I plan to actively engage in the discussions of the s=
pec and the core via the mailing list.  As a relative newcomer to this spac=
e, Microsoft is highly incented to see a single solution that serves the ne=
eds of this community.  This is both from the standpoint of technical inves=
tment (i.e. we would like to focus our resources on delivering one rock sol=
id answer rather than many across the space), and for customer clarity as h=
aving too many choices often winds up being confusing.  We believe that PDO=
 2 is that solution going forward in the PHP space, and we are therefore co=
mmitted to seeing it through to fruition.

The approach that's been described in proposals (vendor-built drivers can b=
e covered via CLAs while the core components remain CLA-free) is something =
I believe to be in the best interests of both driver writers and the develo=
pers who use PDO.  We would prefer to have the spec and the core covered by=
 CLA, so that we can make more direct contributions, yet we understand that=
 the community wishes to keep the spec and the core CLA-free.

Microsoft has a great deal of experience and lessons learned (both positive=
 and negative) through the evolution of ODBC and other data access technolo=
gies that give us a unique perspective and we look forward to contributing =
to the PDO 2 effort.  I look forward to diving into more technical discussi=
ons on the mailing list on issues such as whether or not there should be a =
set of core PDO libraries, the PDO metadata vocabulary, driver extensibilit=
y, etc.

David Sceppa
Program Manager, SQL Server Driver for PHP
Microsoft