Just a quick note from over on PHPKitchen.com this morning:

After more than 1 million downloads of Oracle software for Linux, the migration of Oracle internal mission-critical systems to Linux, and the announcement that Oracle Application Server 10g will support and ship with PHP, there can be no doubt about Oracle's commitment to open source. This week's Featured Resources offer technical information about installing, configuring, and tuning Oracle software for use with open source tools and platforms.

This article explains it all - the next version of the Oracle Application Server will come with built in support for PHP and will support the interface with it. This can only lend even more power to a database that's already known worldwide for its strength. Smart move Oracle. You have just made the PHP community quite happy...