From over on the php|architect web log, there's "a few reflections on the world of PHP" from Marco Tabini.

One of the other people who attended the [PHP Conference in Montreal] told me that, as a business person, he would be unable to decide whether PHP was a viable solution based on what he had learned at the conference... How to solve this problem? Perhaps by forming a consortium of PHP-centric companies that invest together in the creation of a marketing strategy? But, according to PHPEverwhere, they don't think PHP needs a marketing strategy at the moment.

PHP is still in its early days as a language, and it needs some time to mature, and for more things to get standardized. Rushing things when PHP isn't ready for such a spotlight won't help matters. For example, the PHP java extension is still labelled as experimental after so many years. Check out the rest of their thoughs over on their main page...