Not everyone that came to this past PHPCon was happy and excited to meet all of the other PHPers out there. At least one person, Brian Goldfarb, was more than a little worried that things would turn ugly for him, a Microsoft representative.

From one of his latest posts: Before I came down I was worried about how I would be accepted by this crowd as a Microsoft representative. Would it be hostile? Would it be open? I was pleasantly surprised by how well I was received. Everyone has been open, understanding, and engaging. We've talked about the negatives and positives of Microsoft, we've looked at ways that Microsoft and the PHP Community can work together and form a "symbiotic" relationship. We've explored avenues for making PHP run better on windows and even discussed the complexities of having dynamic languages compile to IL. The best part has been that most of the conversation has been relegated to the world of academic thought and I experienced no outright zealouts.

He goes on to talk about the fact that the PHP community that attended showed a remarkable lack of agression towards him, and even made positive comments about "how secure" an application was.

Thanks to PHPEverywhere for the pointer to this one...